Ma Jian finds echoes of Mao and Orwell
Source: NYT (12/14/18) A Dissident Chinese Novelist Finds Echoes of Mao, and Orwell By Mike Ives HONG KONG — Ma Jian, an exiled Chinese novelist who lives in London, took the stage at a packed Hong...
View ArticleRemembrance for Meng Lang
For info: There will be a remembrance for Meng Lang, in Queens, NYC, this coming Saturday 2pm: Quoting the announcement: 孟浪先生追思会公告 著名诗人、出版家、人权活动者孟浪先生因病于2018年12月12日在香港逝世，享年57岁。...
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Source: PEN (12/18/18): PEN America Mourns Meng Lang, “Exquisite Poet, Courageous Activist” NEW YORK—PEN America mourns the loss of poet Meng Lang, who died last week in Hong Kong of lung cancer. Meng...
View ArticleAfro-Lit in Chinese translation
Source: Bruce-Humes.com (12/19/18) 2018 Round-up: AfroLit in Chinese Translation By Bruce Humes What a difference a year makes. In 2017, readers in mainland China keen to experiment and read newly...
View ArticlePoet Meng Lang video
詩人孟浪 Poet Meng Lang. By 黄文海 [Huang Wenhai] 詩人孟浪（關於他的三個片段，在香港、台灣、美國）- Poet Meng Lang (three sequences of his life in Hong Kong, Taiwan and the United States) Video, 16:33 min. Published on Dec 21, 2018...
View ArticleNonfiction stories of 2018
Source: Sup China (12/25/18) Chinese Corner: Best Of 2018 — The Nonfiction Stories That Captured China’s Reading Public By JIAYUN FENG This year, SupChina launched a new weekly column called “Chinese...
View ArticleEryue He dies at 73
Source: China Daily (12/17/18) Literati mourn author of ‘Emperor’ series By Yang Yang | China Daily Elites from the world of literature and fans nationwide have been paying tribute to novelist Ling...
View ArticleMystifying China’s Southwest Ethnic Borderlands review
MCLC and MCLC Resource Center are pleased to announce publication of Yanshuo Zhang’s review of Mystifying China’s Southwest Ethnic Borderlands: Harmonious Heterotopia (Lexington 2018), by Yuqing Yang....
View ArticleThe Handsome Monk
Dear Colleagues, I’m pleased to announce that my translation of The Handsome Monk and Other Stories, by Tsering Döndrup, is now available, published by Columbia University Press. Tsering Döndrup is a...
View ArticleNew Li Bai biography by Ha Jin
Source: Sup China (1/9/19) A New Li Bai Biography By Ha Jin, ‘The Banished Immortal,’ Looks At The Man Behind The Myth By GINA ELIA Li Bai towers over Chinese literature. But few have attempted, in...
View ArticleConfession of a Jade Lord
Source: Daily Sabah (1/4/19) A gem of Uighur literature: Alat Asem’s ‘Confessions of a Jade Lord’ By MATT HANSON In 2013, Uighur novelist Alat Asem published ‘Confessions of a Jade Lord,’ earning the...
View ArticleAfrican literature wave in China
Source: Quartz Africa (1/15/19) Chimamanda Adichie is leading the rise of an African literature wave in China By Abdi Latif Dahir Dear Ijeawele is a forthright and frank book, a 15-step letter about...
View ArticleRise of Chinese science fiction
Source: Factor Daily (1/12/19) Telling the China Story: The Rise and Rise of Chinese Science Fiction By Gautham Shenoy “Science fiction is as rare as unicorn horns, which shows in a way the...
View ArticleNewman Award for English Jueju
Newman Award for English Jueju/Writing Chinese Regulated Verse in English Dear MCLC Literati, Greetings from the University of Oklahoma! Now in its 8th year, the Newman Prize for English Jueju is again...
View ArticleThe Wandering Earth review
The science fiction writer Han Song just published a review of The Wandering Earth (the movie). It is a positive review of the film, while it also emphasizes the apocalyptical vision the film shows....
View ArticleWriter Yang Hengjun disappears in China
Source: NYT (1/23/19) Chinese-Australian Writer Yang Hengjun Disappears in China By Damien Cave and Chris Buckley SYDNEY, Australia — A well-known writer and former Chinese official with Australian...
View ArticleInterview with Bruce Humes
Source: The Millions (2/1/19) A Glimpse into a Different World: The Millions Interviews Bruce Humes By Matt Hanson Translator and blogger Bruce Humes has worked to advance global interest in borderland...
View Article“20”
20 By Martin Winter 20 years ago I wrote my first Chinese poem. It was in Chongqing. “Wanbao, wanbao!” That’s what they cry, all over China. Every afternoon. “Evening news, evening news!” Evening...
View ArticleLu Xun: Writing the Story of New China
Source: Lu Xun: Writing the Story of New China The Forum, BBC World Service Some of you might be interested in this program, in which Eileen Cheng, Hu Ying, and I participated:...
View ArticleXu Zhimo poem gets music video
The video mentioned in the piece below can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjTBYzmVnXI. — Kirk Source: China Daily (2/14/19) Classic poem gets music video By Chen Nan | China Daily A...
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