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Suipian (Jan. 2025)

碎篇 // Suipian // Fragments By TABITHA SPEELMAN JAN 26, 2025 Welcome to the 4th edition of Suipian, my personal newsletter in which I share thoughts and resources that help me make sense of Chinese...

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Interview with Kenneth Pai Hsien-yung

MCLC Resource Center is pleased to announce publication of “Behind the Scenes with the White Peony: An Interview with Kenneth Pai Hsien-yung,” interviewed and translated by Ursula Friedman. Too long to...

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Paper Republic newsletter no. 20

Happy Chinese New Year! As we usher in the Year of the Snake, this vibrant and meaningful occasion is the perfect time to celebrate the richness of Chinese culture—and what better way than through the...

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Ah Q, Big Brother, and a Californian’s Atlantic Crossing

Source: Writing Chinese (1/30/25) Ah Q, Big Brother, and a Californian’s Atlantic Crossing By Jeffrey Wasserstrom Jeffrey Wasserstrom is Chancellor’s Professor of History at UC Irvine and co-editor of...

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English jueju

Every other year, the University of Oklahoma celebrates the winner of the Newman Prize for Chinese Literature (this year Ling Yü, 零⾬) as well as the winners of the Newman Prize for English Jueju...

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Lu Xun and World Literature

New Publication Ma, Xiaolu and Carlos Rojas, eds. Lu Xun and World Literature. HK: Hong Kong University Press, 2025. Abstract: In Lu Xun and World Literature, Xiaolu Ma, Carlos Rojas, and other...

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CLTT 55.3-4

Dear colleagues, We invite you to explore the latest double issue of CLTT! It features a special issue on New Genres of Chinese Web Novels, guest-edited by Renren Yang, a special section honoring the...

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Queer Literature in the Sinosphere review

MCLC Resource Center is pleased to announce publication of Wen-chi Li’s review of Queer Literature in the Sinosphere, edited by Hongwei Bao and Yahia Zhengtang Ma. The review appears below and at its...

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Taiwanese Science Fiction–cfp

Call for Abstracts: Taiwanese Science Fiction Journal: Taiwan Lit and the Global Sinosphere Guest Editors: Wen-chi Li and Michael O’Krent Expected Publication Year: 2027 Over the last 10 years, science...

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Newman Prize events

Dear MCLC friends, I hope you can mark your calendar for two events starting today! (1) Panel Discussion, Newman Prize for Chinese Literature, Celebrating the Work of the 2025 Laureate Ling Yu...

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Soft Burial review

Source: The Atlantic (3/27/25) The Chinese Communist Party’s Ultimate Taboo Fang Fang’s newly translated novel uncovers the brutal, buried history of land reform in China. By Ian Johnson Over its...

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Suipian 5

碎篇 // Suipian // Fragments #5 TABITHA SPEELMAN MAR 30, 2025 Welcome to the 5th edition of Suipian, my personal newsletter in which I share thoughts and resources that help me make sense of Chinese...

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Reading Sinophone Women Writers

Reading Sinophone Women Writers April 4, 2-5pm Barker Center 133, 12 Quincy St., Harvard University Speakers: Li Zishu 黎紫書 Lu Pin 鹿苹 Lin Zhao 林棹 Dorothy Tse 謝曉虹 Moderators: David Der-wei Wang (Harvard...

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City of Fiction

City of Fiction, by Yu Hua Europa Editions 2025, pp. 432, Hardcover ISBN: 9798889660934 Translated by Todd Foley A story of love, blood and dreams, set in early 20th century China In the early 20th...

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Writing to the Rhythm of Labor book talk

Dear Colleagues and Students, We extend a warm invitation for you to join us at an insightful event celebrating the release of Prof Benjamin Kindler’s new book, Writing to the Rhythm of Labor: Cultural...

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