Timeless and Urgent: On Ha Jin’s Waiting and the Mercy of the Arbitrary

Picture a teenager in a suburban Southern California Costco, lingering by the books tables while her parents shopped. There, between the boxed vacuums and party-size clamshells of croissants, I first encountered the writing of Ha Jin. His short story, “After Cowboy Chicken Came to Town,” had been included in The Best American Short Stories 2001, […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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