Weike Wang is a Chinese-American author of the novel Chemistry, which won the 2018 PEN/Hemingway Award.
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2026
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From the storyThe sauna is a well-lit room with many wood slats. The walls are wood slats (vertical) and the same kind of wood slats come together (horizontally) to make a two-tiered rectangular bench that perimeters the room. In this format, the sauna can accommodate eight women lying down. Very few women sit. Most lie down. Soon there will be three women in this room. An older one, a younger one, and a woman in between their ages. The older and younger women are white. The in-between woman is not.
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Reflective
Contemplative
Direct & Minimalist
Realistic / Mimetic
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Harper's Magazine September 2025 · Sep 1, 2025
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