Writer Yiyun Li lost both of her sons. When words fell short, she turned to music

A local news story from the U.S., reported by NPR News.

Local News · the U.S. · October 13, 2026

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Li won a Pulitzer for her memoir about the suicides of her two sons. In her new novel, Music Against the Night , she writes about two young prodigies in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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