Lotus

Sarah Mellors is a doctoral student in Chinese history at the University of California, Irvine. She spent nearly four years in China. Find her on Twitter at @s_mellors.

Sarah Mellors

Love in the Time of Lotus

"For a long time now I haven't been I."
— Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

Around the World

"Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't." — Mark Twain

Fiction

Beijing Comrades

Ardor and Tenderness in China’s Capital

Maoism at the Grassroots

Precious Windows into an Opaque Period

"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." — Molly Ivins

Politics

"Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors." — Simone Weil

Cultural Studies

Meet Me in Venice: A Chinese Immigrant’s Journey from the Far East to the Far West

A Deep Search for Understanding

Sarah Mellors is a doctoral student in Chinese history at the University of California, Irvine. She spent nearly four years in China. Find her on Twitter at @s_mellors.