Beijing Lights interview series aims to share some of the voices that make up Beijing’s 21.7 million humans. They ask: who are these people we pass in the street every day? Who lives behind those endless walls of apartment windows? These interviews take a small, but meaningful look. You can catch up on the series at www.spittooncollective.com/category/beijing-lights/  

A barber in the park, a troubled wife on a train, a passionate stone collector, and a blind massage therapist—these are just some of the lives that Kuang has captured succinctly and poetically in Beijing Lights. 

Kuang will present selections from the series and join us for a conversation about her process and the many faces that pass us by every day in the city. 

The event will also include readings of stories from the feature, and a Q&A session with Kuang, moderated by David Huntington, the co-curator of Beijing Lights.

Kuang - Creator

Huang Chenkuang (a.k.a. Kuang) is the creator of Beijing Lights interview series featuring first-person stories from around Beijing. She holds an MFA in English-Chinese translation and interpretation from Beijing International Studies University, with a focus on literature.

David Huntington - Moderator

David Huntington is managing web editor at SpittoonCollective.com. His work is published or forthcoming in the likes of Literary Hub, Literary Shanghai, and Post Road; his screenplay 'New Violence' was selected for the 2018 Middlebury Script Lab.

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