Staff reader Meera Vijayann talks with longtime NER contributor May-lee Chai about her essay “Hong Kong, Mon Amour” from issue 45.4’s special feature Chungking Express at 30: Rewatching Wong Kar Wai.
Nicole Zhu
Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Often
There are ways to see individual atoms and galaxies 13.5 billion light-years from Earth, but there is no microscope to see lonely people. Loneliness, distinct from isolation, has the same heightened mortality risks as smoking fifteen cigarettes a day. Former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared it a public health “epidemic” in 2017 . . .