Yiyun Li, the renowned Chinese-born author and winner of the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Memoir or Autobiography, has triggered a profound intellectual and emotional earthquake across the Chinese-speaking world with her latest book, Things in Nature Merely Grow. As a mother who has endured the unimaginable tragedy of losing both of her children to suicide, Li maintains a haunting, dead-calm composure throughout the book. Within Chinese-speaking communities, it is perhaps less her literary prose itself and more her staggering family tragedy combined with her absolute, resolute flight-fleeing native culture and abandoning the mother tongue -- that has turned her into a subject of intense fascination and debate. Why does a creator who builds her fortress entirely in English, completely severing her emotional ties to her native language, still provoke such fierce conflicts of emotion, pain, and bewilderment in the Chinese-speaking world? This upcoming panel discussing will focus on the book and its far-reaching impact through the dual lenses of literary achievement and expression, as well as psychological trauma and coping mechanisms. Featuring panellists including: neuroscience researcher and psychotherapist Li Shao, dedicated literary reviewer and blogger Leon Yang, UBC assistant professor of modern Chinese popular culture Renren Yang, and young financial professional Ray Li. 著名華語背景作家、2026年普利策传记与回忆录獎得主李翊雲，憑藉其最新英文著作《萬物只是生長》( Things in Nature Merely Grow ），在華語知識界與讀者圈引爆了深層的精神地震。 這位相繼遭遇兩個孩子自殺身亡的母親，在書中一如既往地保持著冷靜。在華語圈，與其說是她的文字，不如說是她的家庭悲劇與她決絕的逃離——逃離原生文化與逃離母語，讓她成為極大的話題。一個用全英文搭建堡壘、徹底切斷與母語情感連接的創作者，為何依然能在華語世界激起如此強烈、甚至夾雜著痛楚與不解的情緒衝突？ 本次討論將從其文學成就與表達、心理創傷與應對等角度，來分析本書及其影響。本館特別邀請四位跨界嘉賓，直面這場關於創傷、文學與療癒的硬核對話。嘉賓为：資深腦科學研究者與臨床心理諮詢師邵黎、老牌書評人與博客作家楊立勇、UBC現代中國流行文化助理教授楊任任、青年金融從業者 黎子謙。 Accessibility Information VPL is committed to making our programs accessible for all. If you have an access need that we have not addressed here, please email us at info@vpl.ca. The Montalbano Family Theatre has 77 fixed seats and three wheelchair accessible spaces. For more information on physical access, view the Accessibility information on the Montalbano Family Theatre page. 無障礙資訊 VPL致力於讓所有人都能參與。如果您有這裡未提及的無障礙需求，請發送郵件至info@vpl.ca與我們聯繫。 Montalbano Family Theatre設有77個固定座位，以及3個輪椅無障礙座位。 如需更多有關實地無障礙設施信息，請查看 Montalbano Family Theatre 頁面上的無障礙資訊。
