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Fang Si-Chi’s First Love Paradise: A Chilling Tale of Grooming and Abuse
Seven years after Taiwanese writer Lin Yi-Han’s death, her only novel—based on her real-life story—is finally available in English, recounting a harrowing story of rape, trauma, and the enduring power structures that allow such stories to persist even today
Ten Thousand Miles of Clouds and Moons: An Anthology of New Chinese Writing
Beijing-based arts collective Spittoon has partnered with a British publisher to release a stellar anthology, bringing essential contemporary Chinese writing to an international audience
The Year in Reads: Books of 2024
A roundup of 2024’s notable books and translations by Chinese, expat, and diaspora authors
Stories From Toon Street: Su Tong’s Latest Short Story Collection Reviewed
An imaginary Chinese village during the reform and opening up era, with its oft-referenced “Toon Street,” is vividly depicted in a newly translated short story collection from the author of “Raise the Red Lantern”
Can Xue: The Experimental Voice of Chinese Literature
Once again, she didn’t win the Nobel Prize in Literature—but at this point, her legacy may already be secured
Is China on Track for Another Nobel Prize in Literature After Mo Yan?
Canadian literary critic Dylan Levi King examines how Can Xue, who has thrived outside the Chinese literary system, has emerged as a frontrunner for this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature
A Modern Look into Lin Yutang’s Timeless Classic
Celebrating the 129th birthday of modern Chinese writer Lin Yutang with a reflection on “My Country and My People” and its insights into the roots of Chinese society
Revisiting “Monkey,” Arthur Waley’s Artful Reimagining of a Chinese Classic
With the recent release of “Black Myth: Wukong,” Canadian writer and translator Dylan Levi King reflects on the popularization of a Chinese literature classic
The Feminine Critique: Women and the Absent Men in Chinese Family Life
Award-winning writer Yao Emei portrays the dark, brutally honest reality of women’s struggles in Chinese families, often due to men, in her latest short story collection, “The Unfilial”
Revisiting the Chinese Labor Corps: An Interview With Author Fan Wu
Chinese American writer Fan Wu discusses language, identity, and her motivation for revisiting the Chinese contribution to WWI in her new book “Souls Left Behind”
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