Michael Berry is assistant professor of contemporary Chinese cultural studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the translator of To Liveby Yu Hua, Nanjing 1937: A Love Storyby Ye Zhaoyan, and Wild Kids: Two Novels about Growing Upby Chang Ta-Chun.Michael Berry is assistant professor of contemporary Chinese cultural studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the translator of To Liveby Yu Hua, Nanjing 1937: A Love Storyby Ye Zhaoyan, and Wild Kids: Two Novels about Growing Upby Chang Ta-Chun.