Lavender Au is a British Chinese writer whose work has appeared in The New York Review of Books, The Atlantic and The Dial, among others. She lives in Beijing, China.

Written by Lavender Au

People dancing closely in dim lighting. The focus is on movement and atmosphere at a night event.

Footloose in Havana

In China, I was used to treating my body like a problem. In Cuba, everyone seemed at home in theirs

Syren Chan, as told to Lavender Au