The Chinese writer’s first book in English explores the power and limitations of language with an appealing quickness and wit In Elsewhere’s first story, a young fiction writer named Pigeon falls in ...

In this monthly column, writer Sohini Basak sets out to interview contemporary writers from Asia to understand the nuances of cultural practices, power hierarchies, literary lineages, gender norms, ...

It is a rewarding year for Chinese author Yan Ge. This summer, her debut English-language short story collection "Elsewhere" was published by prestigious publishing houses in both North America and ...

Yan Ge has been a literary sensation in her native China since the age of 17, when she won a short story competition which resulted in an avalanche of offers from publishers. She has won just about ...

This fall, as Writers & Company wraps up after a remarkable 33 year run, we're revisiting episodes selected from the show's archive. This episode originally aired Feb. 13, 2022. Fiction writer Yan Ge ...

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The short story form is by its nature made to focus on those on the fringes of society, or so says Frank O'Connor. And it’s this affinity with the periphery that is brought to life in Yan Ge’s short ...