Wang Xiaobo collection published
Source: China Daily (4/28/17) Publisher collects Wang’s works in new volume By Xing Yi Chinese author Wang Xiaobo died 20 years ago, but his works are still popular among Chinese readers. Beijing...
View ArticleOnline writers become millionaires
Source: China Daily (4/19/17) Online writers find path to become millionaires By Li Hongrui Online writer Tangjiasanshao, or Zhang Wei, took the crown again on the latest income ranking list of Chinese...
View ArticleBurton Watson, 1925-2017 (3)
The NYT has finally published an obituary for Burton Watson.–Kirk Source: NYT (5/3/17) Burton Watson, 91, Influential Translator of Classical Asian Literature, Dies By WILLIAM GRIMES Burton Watson,...
View ArticleIron Moon review (3)
Another review of Iron Moon.–Kirk Source: Lit Hub (5/1/17) The Chinese Factory Workers Who Write Poems on Their Phones “An Unprecedented opportunity in the History of Working Class Literature.” By...
View ArticleI Am Fan Yusu (1)
Dear all, To join the lively discussion about Fan Yusu’s writing, I’ve just published a Chinese-language essay on the transition from writing baomu to baomu writing in modern and contemporary Chinese...
View ArticleI Am Fan Yusu (2)
Source: Whats On Weibo (5/10/17) “I Am Fan Yusu” (我是范雨素) (Full Translation) In late April of 2017, Fan Yusu became an overnight literary sensation in China when her essay “I am Fan Yusu” was published...
View ArticleScience fiction as nonfiction
Source: Quartz (5/11/17) In China, the dark themes of science fiction can read more like nonfiction By Zheping Huang In Amusing Ourselves to Death, American cultural critic Neil Postman contrasted the...
View Articlepoem on deliberative democracy
If you are into current fiction and film from China, or also if you follow other news, you will have encountered the petition office in Beijing, maybe also those of other cities. “I am not Madame...
View ArticleStand, special issue on Chinese writing
Stand Issue 213, Volume 15 Number 1 (March – May 2017) Chinese Journeys: a special issue on new Chinese writing featuring poetry, prose, translations and commentary Table of Contents...
View ArticleFolding Beijing to be made into a movie
Source: Star2.com (5/24/17) Award-winning short story Folding Beijing will now be a movie By Agency The Hugo Award-winning science fiction short story Folding Beijing will be adapted into a movie,...
View Articlenovel-writing police chief executed for grisly murder
Source: SupChina (5/26/17) Novel-writing police chief executed for grisly murder Reuters reports that authorities executed Zhao Liping (赵黎平), the “former police chief of the northern region of Inner...
View ArticleCurious rise of the “white left” as an insult (2)
I’ve just read the latest part of this “white left” thread today, five days after it appeared on the MCLC list. Didn’t want to look at it first. The post next to it said STOP FEEDING ULTRA-NATIONALISTS...
View ArticleJingdong literary prizes 2017
Source: China Daily (6/5/17) Writers collect big prizes for literary works By Xing Yi Writers from China and abroad won prizes of up to 1 million yuan ($147,100) at a literary awards ceremony held in...
View ArticleThe mysterious frontiers of Can Xue
Source: The New Yorker (6/8/17) The Mysterious Frontiers of Can Xue By Evan James “Frontier,” a mesmerizing novel by the Chinese author Can Xue, which was published in translation earlier this year by...
View ArticleRevolution and Its Narratives review
MCLC and MCLC Resource Center are pleased to announce publication of Nicolai Volland’s review of Revolution and Its Narratives: China’s Socialist Literary and Cultural Imaginaries, 1949-1966 (Duke...
View ArticleCha International Poetry Prize 2017
To celebrate the tenth anniversary issue of Cha and to mark the twentieth anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover, we are hosting Cha International Poetry Prize 2017, in collaboration with PEN Hong Kong....
View ArticlePoetry Sky 47
The 47th issue (Summer 2017) of Poetry Sky has been published. The original work and translations of nineteen contemporary Chinese and American poets are included. This issue was edited by Dr. Kyle...
View Articleinterview with Xue Yiwei
Source: LA Review of Books (6/14/17) A WRITER LIVING IN A STRANGE LAND: AN INTERVIEW WITH XUE YIWEI By Amy Hawkins With an eye toward providing readers interested in both China and James Joyce with a...
View Article“Soft Burial” banned
Source: Hong Kong Free Press (6/12/17) China bans ‘Soft Burial’, an award-winning novel about the deadly consequences of land reform By Oiwan Lam The Chinese government has recently banned the sale of...
View ArticleQueer Marxism in Two Chinas review
MCLC and MCLC Resource Center are pleased to announce publication of Jia Tan’s review of Queer Marxism in Two Chinas (Duke UP, 2015), by Petrus Liu. The review appears below, but is best read at its...
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