Creator
Kuang is from South China and currently works as an editor in Beijing. She has an MFA in English-Chinese translation from Beijing International Studies University.
Moderator
David Huntington is managing web editor at SpittoonCollective.com. His work is published or forthcoming in the likes of Literary Hub, Literary Shanghai, and Post Road; his screenplay 'New Violence' was selected for the 2018 Middlebury Script Lab.
A barber in the park, a troubled wife on a train, a passionate stone collector, and a blind massage therapist—these are just some of the lives that 黄陈匡 Huang Chenkuang (a.k.a. Kuang) has captured succinctly and poetically in her bilingual interview project 北京光芒 Beijing Lights. Kuang will present selections from the series and join us for a conversation about her process and the many faces that pass us by every day in the city. You can catch up on the series at
www.spittooncollective.com/category/beijing-lights/
THIS EVENT WILL CONSIST OF A Q&A WITH CREATOR OF BEIJING LIGHTS HUANG CHENKUANG, MODERATED BY DAVID HUNTINGTON. THERE WILL ALSO BE READINGS OF STORIES FROM THE FEATURE.