Chinese Literature 中, En
云中驿站 Rest Stop in the Clouds
Zhu’s text will resonate deeply with anyone who has a curiosity into the internal life of words—how they live, how they move, how they capture us.
Chinese Literature
Want to read the latest from literary China? Check back every month as we feature translations of powerful and diverse contemporary Chinese writing, curated from the archives of our print publication, Spittoon Literary Magazine.
Chinese Literature 中, En
物品志 Item Log
A comedically proficient takedown of contemporary materialism, indulgences, and millennial woes.
Chinese Literature 中, En
Issue 7 Launch Party 第七期发布会
Saturday April 3rd @ 3-5 pm. Issue 7 will be RELEASED.
Chinese Literature 中, En
木头百叶窗 Wooden Shutters
Zhu does not tell so much as direct the eye here and there, giving the reader that thrilling sense of noticing.
Chinese Literature 中, En
表妹 The Younger Cousin
A determined combination of inimitable talent and penchant for the bizarre.
Chinese Literature 中, En
九月 september
Liu addresses potent themes of urban displacement, bilateral definitions, and realities vs anti-realities.
Chinese Literature 中, En
Trees 树
In this brief excerpt from the debut award-winning novel Liu Xi, the reader gets a sense of the author’s winding, Nabokovian style, which at once rejoices in the ornate capacities of language without sacrificing its symbolist potentials.
Chinese Literature 中, En
The Possibility of Nails 铁钉的可能
In these lines, every physical aspect extends deep into the references and curiosities of thinking, creating a space for images and ideas to gather and proliferate.