While We're Here China Stories from a Writers' Colony

Anyone who has lived in China has stories to tell. For foreigners and Chinese alike, this is a land that transforms itself every day, with something to write about on every corner. Collected in this anthology are 33 contributions, a mix of narrative non-fiction, fiction and poetry, from the writers' colony the Anthill. Together, they offer glimpses into this quicksilver country—by turns funny, touching and bizarre. Whether we stay or leave, the stories remain.

Alec Ash (“In the Hutong”) is a writer and journalist in Beijing, founder and non-fiction editor of the Anthill. His book about young China, Wish Lanterns, is forthcoming from Picador. Tom Pellman (“The Tiger Suit”) lives in Beijing and is fiction editor of the Anthill.