Chinese Literature 中, En
表妹 The Younger Cousin
A determined combination of inimitable talent and penchant for the bizarre.
Tag: english
Chinese Literature 中, En
九月 september
Liu addresses potent themes of urban displacement, bilateral definitions, and realities vs anti-realities.
Beijing Lights 中, En
Beijing Lights #22: Nobody Is Born to Be a Thief
My body is stuck here, but my spirit can travel to faraway places with these books.
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.
Spittoon Monthly En
骨瓷 // Bone China
Mate, oolong, jasmine . . . in this personal tale of transnational existence, author Ruru Hoong discovers tea as a throughline across continents and generations, life and death.
Monologue 独白 En
Monologue #4 Part 1: Chengdu’s Hotpot Obsession
A visual guide to Chengdu’s star dish—hotpot. A primer for Monologue #4 Part 2.
Monologue 独白 En
Monologue #4 Part 2: The Last Night of Ji Xiang Restaurant
A Chengdu local meditates on the cost of gentrification, recording the loss of a restaurant that is in many ways her home.