Yii-Jen Deng

"Here we are in a city of libraries, and it is never enough."

"Jazz was being played over the stereo like theme music, as if they were acting in a television drama where each character had some essential trait, some crucial role."

"‘Look, you have drunk £3.15. You fool, that’s £3.15 you’ve eaten.’ Clink, the cup on the saucer, the coins sliding down my throat."

I was the kind of child that hankered after a fluffy four-legged friend – the hopeful child that exasperated parents would try to fob...

In light of the current coronavirus situation, we at Cherwell are interested in bringing together student zines to publicise Oxford's writing community. Many students in...

‘It’s been twenty-five years since I last murdered someone, or has it been twenty-six?’ A serial killer suffering from Alzheimer’s attempts to protect his daughter...

We often speak of a ‘writer for our times’, the ‘voice of a generation’ – there is this need to define our age, to...

Since this article was written, it has emerged that the first British person has tragically died from the disease in Japan. Fears of the...

Yii-Jen Deng reviews 'The Importance of Being Earnest' at Teddy Hall.