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Fan Li

Fan Li was born in China, raised in Vancouver, and is now traveling in the U.S. His work has been published in Hart House Review (2008), Fractured West (2010), and the Globe and Mail (2011).

2011 Kenyon Review Short Fiction Contest

Winter 2012

Chiasmus

By Fan Li

2011 Kenyon Review Short Fiction Contest Winner   I call my son in Baltimore and a bird picks up. It turns out the bird is a girl. “I’m Trevor’s mother,” […]

Fan Li

A micro-interview with Fan Li by KR Associate Michael Hayes. Fan Li was born in China, raised in Vancouver, and is now traveling in the U.S. His work has been […]