By Steve Bailey Dr. Li sat in the hospital cafeteria and consumed his bowl of noodles and broth with little interest. He had been on duty for eighteen hours and was looking forward to the end of his shift when he could go home and spend the next four days playing with his children and … Continue reading The Virologist
You Are the Domestic Help
By Zary Fekete You get off the train at the northern end of Subway Line 5 in Beijing. You make your way through the crowd. You work in this city, but your hometown is Guilin, 16 hours away by train in the south of China. You get to visit your hometown once a year during … Continue reading You Are the Domestic Help
Art by Jing Kong
Biography: I love life, nature and animals. I think painting is a way to explore human and animal souls. I like traditional painting, using gouache and ballpoint pen. I get inspiration from interesting pet stories. I try to discover the inner world of animals from paintings. Website: https://www.artwanted.com/cat8080 https://www.artmajeur.com/nickyta-k6 https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/jing-kong.html
The Untranslatable: Yuánfèn
By Thomas Page The Untranslatable This is a series of poems of words that do not directly translate into English. I have tried to capture the essence of the word in a poem. Everything seems to come in pairs— The tree, the root The flower, the stem The sky, the cloud —And these pairs … Continue reading The Untranslatable: Yuánfèn
Academy of the Heart And Mind 