Yiyun Li Reads “A Small Flame”

Yiyun Li reads her story from the May 8, 2017, issue of the magazine.  Li is the author of two novels and two story collections, “Gold Boy and Emerald Girl” and “A Thousand Years of Good Prayers.” Li’s book of memoir and essays, “Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life,” was published earlier this year.  She’s been publishing fiction and nonfiction in The New Yorker since 2003.