A literary journal featuring a selection of short stories, essays and poetry in English translation from the Chinese.

Joined September 2013
Rouge Street: Three Novellas, by Shuang Xuetao, tr. from Chinese by Jeremy Tiang. From one of the most highly celebrated young Chinese writers, three dazzling novellas of Northeast China, mixing realism, mysticism, & noir. #ChineseLit #Novellas #NewReleases
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Words As Grain: New and Selected Poems, by Duo Duo, tr. by Lucas Klein. “Words as Grain offers Zen koan-like poems that call for rereading and contemplation. #ChineseLit #NationalPoetryMonth 🧵
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We are delighted to announce the #2022InternationalBooker Shortlist! Congratulations to all six sets of authors and translators. Click here to read more about the six shortlisted books and the people who created them: thebookerprizes.com/IBP2022 #shortlist
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I Name Him Me: Selected Poems of Ma Yan, by Ma Yan, tr. by Stephen Nashef. The first collection by Chinese poet Ma Yan to appear in English, I NAME HIM ME explores questions of gender, mental health, death, desire, & physicality. #ChineseLit #Poetry #TranslatedLit #WIT
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Bronze and Sunflower by Cao Wenxuan, tr. by @HelenWangLondon, is a classic, heartwarming tale set to the backdrop of the Chinese #culturalrevolution. glli-us.org/2019/05/08/world… #IntlYALitMonth #MGReads #ChineseLit #TranslatedYALit #Classics #2019GLLITranslatedYALitShortlist
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Today we're thrilled to announce PAGE TURNER, the 2021 AAWW Publishing Conference! PAGE TURNER will feature a keynote address by Matthew @salesses, ten panels, & much more. Explore the full conference line-up here & purchase early-bird tix here: aaww.org/page-turner-2021/
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For the first time in at least 70 years, we are making our Model Trade Book Contract available to all. We hope authors will find our model useful, as its terms and language are meant to increase transparency. authorsguild.org/industry-ad…
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Also, see @SangBina's thread inspired by @nadmussen's thread!
Modern #Chinese #literature - #translation Honoring major Chinese-English translators on whose shoulders I stand. A thread inspired by @nadmussen's model: xitter.cf/nadmussen/status/13827… —————— Eugene Ouyang 歐陽禎 & Lin Yao-fu 林耀福, scholars, editors, translators.
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Victims of the Georgia shooting have been identified as: Delaina Ashley Yuan, 33, of Acworth Paul Andre Michels, 54, of Atlanta Xiaojie Tan, 49, of Kennesaw Daoyou Feng, 44 Julie Park Hyeon Jeong Park 2 others have not yet been identified May they rest in peace & power. ⁣
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Join NAPAWF Georgia and our partners tonight to mourn the loss that our communities have experienced due to Anti-Asian racism. It will be live-streamed on Facebook live at Napawf_atl. Please RSVP at bit.ly/GAvigil for reminders.
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We've put together a short reading list of FP books we recommend, from GO HOME! edited by @RowanHLB (published in collaboration with @aaww) to @WSQjournal: ASIAN DIASPORAS, edited by Lili Shi & Yadira Perez Hazel bit.ly/2OItQfR
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Our hearts are broken at the news of last night’s murder of eight innocent victims in Atlanta, GA. Read our full statement here: aaww.org/stop-aapi-hate/
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一周一句#8:所有的一切,不如就从厂区的空气说起。这空气,是酿造情感起源的酵母,也是腌制往事的色素与防腐剂。 paper-republic.org/pers/jack… It's the last week everyone so get translating! Start thinking about which sentences you want for the next series too, we'll ask you for them soon.
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A few days left for 一周一句#5: 因此,在那空气黏稠、沉甸甸令人脑袋发胀的冬日下午,当教授Q习惯性地从家里那扇狭小的镶了不锈钢窗花的窗口看出去时,竟然没有看到海,没有看到从天而降,锋利如刀片的阳光把它任意割切成许多玻璃似的碎片,没有看到一直停泊在海湾里。。。 paper-republic.org/pers/jack…
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We made a short video about the Give-it-a-go mass-translation-workshop Paper Republic and @WritingChinese cooked up together: if you want to hear how we wrangled translations from 124 participants from around the world, click the following! paper-republic.org/pers/eric…
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apply apply, esp. for the @TiltedAxisPress mentorship where you get the incredible @JeremyTiang, and for Korean where you get me! grateful to @ltikorea for the ££, as ever.
Emerging Translator Mentoring Scheme for 2019/20 is open for applications!!! This year's languages are: 🇫🇷 French 🇰🇷 Korean 🇳🇴 Norwegian 🇵🇱 Polish 🇷🇺 Russian 🇨🇭 Swiss Italian PLUS a @TiltedAxisPress Mentorship for a #BAME literary translator!buff.ly/2nBw3so
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Hii to all our new followers 💕 we make beautiful handmade books by writers of Asian diaspora backgrounds, and our very first two pamphlets, by Jay G. Ying and Jennifer Wong, are available to pre-order! 👇 bittermelon.weebly.com/shop.…
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'My Tenantless Body' is the celebrated Sichuanese poet Yu Yoyo’s first publication in English. This dual-language edition includes collaborative translations by @DaveHaysom of @PathlightMag & UK poet @akblakemore, winner of the Ledbury Forte Poetry Prize: buff.ly/2HH4sAX
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Our Translation Competition winners have been announced! Congratulations to overall winner Bill Leveret, and to runners-up Stacy Mosher and Kristen Robinson! Bill's winning translation will be appearing in a forthcoming issue of @PathlightMag! writingchinese.leeds.ac.uk/t…
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