Desiring the Unattainable in Shanghai

Ping Chen’s new short story “Shanghai Murmur.” “Shanghai Murmur” is taken from Te-Ping Chen’s forthcoming debut collection of stories, Land of Big Numbers (available on February 2). To mark the ... ( read original story ...)

Shanghai Murmur

She was not yet 20 but felt the years deep beneath her skin, as though Shanghai had grafted steel plates in her cheeks. Already she’d lost a teenager’s mobility of features, sensed the exhausted cast ... ( read original story ...)

Te-Ping Chen on the Search for Meaning in Shanghai

Ping Chen’s new short story “Shanghai Murmur.” “Shanghai Murmur” is taken from Te-Ping Chen’s forthcoming debut collection of stories, Land of Big Numbers (available on February 2). To mark the ... ( read original story ...)