On KQED’s Forum, Michael Krasny is interviewing author Li Yiyun, who recently published her first novel, The Vagrants:
Oakland-based author and UC Davis English professor Yiyun Li joins us to discuss her acclaimed debut novel, “The Vagrants.” It’s set in an industrial city in northern China in 1979, two years after the death of Mao Tsetung. Li is also the author of the story collection, “A Thousand Years of Good Prayers.”
The full audio file should be online here soon.
Read more about The Vagrants, and more writing by Li Yiyun, via CDT.