— The Dying Grass and other Dreams of William T. Vollmann...

THE CHINESE POET LIAO YIWU first came to the attention of English-speaking readers when several of his interviews appeared in The Paris Review in 2005. What was unusual was not just the choice of his interviewees — ­­most were ...

THERE ARE MOSQUES in towns all over China, but the most concentrated signs of Islamic belief are found in the western province of Xinjiang. The region is home to most of China’s Uyghurs, a Muslim people linguistically and culturally distinct ...