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Born in Liaoning, China, Xuefei (Ha) Jin decided to stay in the United States after the 1989 Tiananmen Square riots. His creative ouput includes novel...
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Well, it’ll soon be time to head back to some serious reading. I recently gave myself a little break because of the weeks of disorganiz...
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