If Not Now, Later

"If Not Now, Later" by Yiyun Li. First published as "What Gardening Offered After a Son’s Death" in The New Yorker, issue of October 30, 2023.

• Featured in: The Best American Essays 2024
• Read at: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/10/30/onward-and-upward-in-the-department-of-not-moping