Yiyun Li, Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life

Tragedy and comedy involve an audience, so they must give–sharing themselves to elicit tears and laughter. Melodrama is not such a strategist. It meets no one’s expectation but its internal need to feel.

Yiyun Li, Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life

Tragedy and comedy involve an audience, so they must give–sharing themselves to elicit tears and laughter. Melodrama is not such a strategist. It meets no one’s expectation but its internal need to feel.

Yiyun Li, Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life

Tragedy and comedy involve an audience, so they must give–sharing themselves to elicit tears and laughter. Melodrama is not such a strategist. It meets no one’s expectation but its internal need to feel.