Yiyun Li: A New Alphabet, A New Vocabulary

How do we coexist with unimaginable loss? Yiyun Li is one of our most important authors, whose life has been touched by unthinkable tragedy. In Things in Nature Merely Grow, she uses her astonishing gifts as a writer to process the suicides of her two teenage sons. In this impactful conversation with Roxani Krystalli she'll reflect on finding words to say the difficult things, how grief transforms time, and the power of the verb 'to be'.

Categories: Memoir, Non-fiction

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Fascinating Non Fiction

Fascinating Non-Fiction will explore everything from moving memoirs to scientific excavations, family odysseys to travelogues…

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