He opened an envelope heavier than usual A notepad fell to the kitchen floor like a book on coffee table A heart on the cover
Read MoreAuthor: Li Ruan
Li Ruan, born and raised in Beijing, China, is a Manhattan-based educational consultant and
emerging immigrant poet and writer. She felt a special calling to write later in life during the
COVID pandemic. Crafting in English has deepened her intimate connection to the language and
empowered her to promote cultural understanding. Li’s work has appeared in Humans in
Pandemics, Restless Books, Flora Fiction, Assignment Literary Magazine, Persimmon Tree,
Storyhouse, Hamilton Stone Review, New York Public Library Zine, and Lowestoft Chronicle.