Time: April 3, 2021, 15:00-17:00 (3 to 5 p.m.)
Venue: Aotu Space — 67, Beixinqiao Toutiao, Dongcheng, Beijing
The Spittoon Literary Magazine Issue 7 launch party has finally arrived. Featuring well-established Chinese writers, storytelling by the creator of Beijjng Lights, and a special poetry performance combined with live post-punk music. Best of all—every ticket comes with a fresh hot copy of the new mag.
Spittoon is a platform that supports and sustains literary and artistic collaborations between the Chinese and the world. It organizes poetry and fiction reading nights, book club, workshops, story-telling and non-fiction events, a music-poetry collaboration called Spit-Tunes, content series like Spittoon Monthly and Beijing Lights, and the Spittoon Literary Magazine (SLM).
SLM, a bilingual magazine, works towards the introduction of contemporary Chinese letters, in equal focus of renowned, established authors, as well as the experimental works of brilliant up-and-comers.
In our seventh volume—the only one to come out of the wild tumult of 2020—there is a range of living beings that run through the inner prose and poetics. From the discernibly, desperately human, to the otherworldly, to the siren call of nature things, to the decidedly dreamed. The words that beckon these elements to life are quiet within these pages, but should you turn to them, they will play for you their formidable, inimitable music. —Xiao Yue Shan
2020 was a peculiar year; if one were to say that it had been emblematic of descension, a locking-in, an imprisonment, then the works collected in this issue are filled with occasions of wandering, exile, and redemption. This, for our bodies which have so many confines, could be considered a sacred instance of comfort and salvation. —Zuo Fei
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欢迎光临Spittoon文学杂志第七期新刊发布会。与会嘉宾小说家阿乙，以及作家文珍，将与你一起探讨中国文学与当代社会等话题；Spittoon旗下的非虚构品牌“北京之光”创始人黄陈匡，将向你讲述她所记录的北京人故事；现场还有精彩的乐队加盟，向你展示后朋克音乐与诗歌表演艺术。Spittoon创始人Matthew Byrne，主编单小月(国外)，以及Spittoon网站的主编David Huntington，将从国外传来视频问候；主编昨非(国内)，以及杂志创始人之一Simon Shieh，将在现场与大家欢聚一场。
时间：2021年4月3日 15:00-17:00
地点：北京市东城区 凹凸空间（北新桥地铁商业大厦北侧)
Spittoon 是一个中外文学艺术社区，举办有诗歌/小说朗读之夜、读书俱乐部、工作坊、口述故事等活动，旗下有融合了诗歌与音乐的Spit-Tunes，以及独立中英文学杂志Spittoon Literary Magazine。
Spittoon双语文学杂志，多年来致力于对中国当代文学的译介，既关注已有建树的实力作家，也挖掘新人的实验作品。
尽管2020年充满了劫难与不安，我们还是推出了一期杂志，这就是Spittoon双语文学杂志第七期——所幸的是，在这些诗歌与小说里，奔涌着鲜活的事物。无论是处处劳碌的人，彼岸，自然之声，还是梦幻世界，文字的召唤使之复活，并安静地呈现在纸页上；但只有当你去翻阅之时，文字才会发出震撼人心、独一无二的乐音。—— 单小月
2020年作为一个特殊的年份，如果说它意味着沦陷、封锁、囚禁，我们这一期推出的文学作品，则充满了自我的游走、放逐、救赎。这对于我们百般不适的肉身来说，可谓是一次精神上的慰藉与弥补。—— 昨非
Guests and Performers
嘉宾简介
A Yi, born in 1976. Works include four short story collections including Niao kanjian wole (The Bird has Seen Me) and Hui gushi (Grey Stories), three novels including Mofan qingnian (Model Youth), and two collections of essays. Among the novels, Xianmian, wo gai gan xie shenme (What Should I Do Next) has been translated into English, French, Spanish, Italian, and ten other languages. The translator was awarded the PEN Translation Award. According to the statistics relating tothe international impact of Chinese-language literature, his novel Zaoshang jiudian jiaoxing wo (Wake Me Up at Nine AM) ) accounted for the highest number of volumes of Chinese-language novels in overseas collections in 2019.
阿乙，生于1976年，出版有《鸟看见我了》《灰故事》等四部短篇小说集、《模范青年》等三部小说单行本及两本随笔集，其中长篇《下面，我该干些什么》被翻译为英、法、西、意等十个语种出版，译者获“英国笔会翻译奖”，另根据中国图书海外馆藏影响力报告统计，长篇《早上九点叫醒我》为2019年海外馆藏最多中文文学图书。
Wen Zhen is a writer. Publications include the fiction collections Ye de nu bian zhai yuan (The Female Night-Harvester), Qi (Seven), Women yeli zai meishuguan tan lianai (At Night We Are Falling in Love at the Museum), Shiyi Wei Ai (Eleven Flavours of Love), the nonfiction collection Sansi Yuejie (Three or Four Outbounds), and the poetry collection Jingyu Pobing (Whale Breaking the Ice). She has won the Laoshe Literary Award, the October Literature Award, the Shanghai Literature Award, the Shanhua Biennial Award, the Young Chinese Writers Award, and the Most Promising Young Writer in Chinese Literature Award.
文珍，作家。已出版小说集《夜的女采摘员》《柒》《我们夜里在美术馆谈恋爱》《十一味爱》，散文集《三四越界》，诗集《鲸鱼破冰》。历获老舍文学奖、十月文学奖、上海文学奖、山花双年奖、华语青年作家奖、华语文学传媒最具潜力新人奖等。
Kuang is the founder of Beijing Lights, a project that aims to share voices from Beijing’s 21.7 million humans. At the magazine launch, she will read the 21st installment from the archive, where a 26-year-old woman talks about childhood, parental relationships, sexuality, and more.
黄陈匡是著名的口述实录品牌“北京之光”的创始人，其目的是听取这个有着两千一百万人口的超级城市的普通人心声。在发布会现场，她将向我们讲述口述档案中的第21个故事，也即一位26岁女性的生活——她的童年、父母、情爱经历。（听黄陈匡的故事，如在无声之处听惊雷）。
Jen Rao is a Chinese-Canadian illustrator, painter, animator, and one half of Beijing-based indie cassette label, nugget records. Her distinctive style can be seen on the covers of nugget’s tape releases, within her self-published zines, and through her collaborations with various collectives, musicians, and creatives in her adopted home of Beijing and beyond. Jen will be creating a live digital animation to Kuang’s reading of “Why Me?” She hopes to create a nuanced visual expression that will enhance the listener/viewer’s experience without distracting from the words.
Jen Rao，加拿大华裔，插画师、动画师，也是位于北京的独立卡带录音工作室nugget records (又名“小块儿咖啡”）的半个主人。她的画作独具特色，多见于该工作室出品的唱片封面，以及半独立出版的手绘杂志，另有作品是与他人合作完成的，包括艺术社区、音乐人，以及京城内外的其他创意人士。在你聆听黄陈匡讲述“北京之光”故事之时，Jen Rao 将在现场以数码动漫的形式，展示故事所隐含的视觉效果，使你更加沉浸在故事的情境之中。
New Age of Decay is a post-punk/performance poetry band born from a Spit-Tunes collaboration in 2020. Since their first meeting they’ve gone on to perform in many places around Beijing and even recorded their first album, which will be released on April 15 at a Modernista launch party.
New Age of Decay，是后朋克音乐+诗歌的一个组合，由2020年Spit-Tunes盛会的一支队伍演变而来。自创立至今，他们已在北京的多个舞台留下足迹；他们的第一张专辑即将面市，首发会定于今年4月15日在老摩(Modernista)举行。
For those who can’t make it to the launch party, please scan the QR code to purchase the magazine at Weidian, or click here.
不能亲临现场的读者，可以扫描微店的二维码购买杂志。
