Author Archives: Alex Kim

  It’s China’s Time to Bid Farewell to an Outdated Institution               The novel Spring Grass, in exploring first the marriage between the parents of Spring Grass and later her own, provides a look into the topic of love … Continue reading →

    A Great Achievement               Throughout Spring Grass are depictions of Spring Grass’s sexual activity. Up to chapter 21 of the novel, she has sexual encounters with four individuals— her Uncle, Rivers Ho, Robbie, and Brother Lowe. Each … Continue reading →

                This piece is the prologue of a hypothetical novella that follows Meilin, a young woman from the outskirts of Henan, through her experience as a migrant worker at Yue Yuen in Dongguan. This prologue contextualizes why Meilin … Continue reading →