Yiyun Li

thumb|230px|Yiyun Li (2015) Yiyun Li (born November 4, 1972) is a Chinese-American writer. Quotes I always used to say strongly that I was not an autobiographical writer, so strongly it was clearly suspicious…Even without this book, I can now say that is just a lie. On her book Dear Friend in “Yiyun Li: ‘I used to say that I was not an autobiographical writer – that was a lie’” in The Guardian (2017 Feb 24) I always feel that how people treat animals is not too far from how people treat each other, especially under stress or under certain circumstances… On including animal deaths in her work as symbolism in “An Interview with Yiyun Li” in Brick Magazine (2019 Feb 19) I like to think a thought and then I like to follow it, like a little seed, for a long time and see where that growth leads me. Sometimes it leads me to an entirely different place from where it started and that gives me joy. On her thought process in “What I think: Yiyun Li” (Princeton University; 2018 Dec 10) There is a beginning, a middle and an end. And I think for those of us who have crossed borders, the artificial beginning is interesting to me. There is a clear-cut — old life, that’s old country, and there’s new life, new country.… On the duality of immigration in “Interview with Yiyun Li” in The Nassau Literary Review (2018 May 3) Quotes about Yiyun Li Among Chinese-American writers, two immediately come to mind: Yiyun Li and Ha Jin, with their particular mix of displaced characters, circumstances and past. Their stories often have tragedy, but rise above that. They elicit discomfort and compassion — good and necessary conditions that change me, as any writing is capable of doing by putting me in unfamiliar situations and magnifying the details I would have overlooked. Amy Tan interview (2013) External links Category:Chinese Americans Category:Novelists from the United States Category:1972 births Category:Living people Category:Short story writers from the United States Category:Memoirists from the United States Category:Women authors from the United States Category:People from Beijing Category:Immigrants to the United States