Michael X. Wang reads "The Fable of the Footless Man", excerpted from his forthcoming novel Lost in the Long March, published in Issue Twenty of No Contact.

Born in China's mountainous interior, Michael X. Wang immigrated to the United States when he was six. He is the author of the story collection Further News of Defeat, which won the PEN/Bingham Prize. His stories can be found in The New England Review, Greensboro Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Cha, Witness, and elsewhere. His novel about the Chinese Communist Revolution is forthcoming from The Overlook Press. Find him @MichaelXWang3 and michaelxwang.com.