08/10/2025
⧉ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒌𝒆𝒚 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔
𝐁𝐲 𝐗𝐢 𝐗𝐢, 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐧 & 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧
"Xi Xi documented 51 endearing ape and monkey puppets that she had sewn, weaving them into a series of insightful dialogues with her friend, the Hong Kong writer Ho F*k Yan."
⧉ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒀𝒖𝒂𝒏 𝑯𝒂𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒏
𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝, 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐖𝐢𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐝
"John Timothy Wixted’s treatment of 150 of Yuan Haowen’s poems distills available scholarship on the poet in Chinese, Japanese, and Western languages."
🧵 All about translation—we’re planning to publish reviews of the following titles in Cha: An Asian Literary Journal in 2026. If you’re interested in reading and engaging with any of these works, please get in touch by emailing [email protected]. We’d be delighted to discuss further.
⧉ 𝑶𝒍𝒅 𝑲𝒊𝒍𝒏
𝐁𝐲 𝐉𝐢𝐚 𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐰𝐚, 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐲𝐧𝐞, 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩, & 𝐎𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧
"1966, China is on the cusp of a decade of upheaval, and the furnaces of Old Kiln have never been this cold.
🅛🅘🅝🅚: https://sinoistbooks.com/product/old-kiln/
⧉ 𝑪𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒂 𝑷𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑻𝒓𝒆𝒆
𝐁𝐲 𝐋𝐢 𝐄𝐫, 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐇𝐚𝐲𝐬𝐨𝐦
"In one-child China, when a mother runs from home because of her illegal pregnancy, it’s Kong Fanhua’s problem."
🅛🅘🅝🅚: https://sinoistbooks.com/product/cherries-on-a-pomegranate-tree/
⧉ 𝑬𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑶𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒏
𝐁𝐲 𝐑𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐧, 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐤
"[D]epicts Tao beliefs in ghosts, practices of exorcism, and the parallel worlds that exist alongside the human realm."
🅛🅘🅝🅚: https://cup.columbia.edu/book/eyes-of-the-ocean/9780231562904/
⧉ 𝑫𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔
𝐁𝐲 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐘𝐮̈, 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐘. 𝐇. 𝐖𝐨𝐧𝐠
"... invites readers into meditations on feminine roles, family values, and the delicate balance between individuals and society."
🅛🅘🅝🅚: https://balestier.com/books/literature/daughters/
⧉ 𝑫𝒊𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒐’𝒔 𝑩𝒐𝒚𝒔
𝐛𝐲 𝐘𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐚𝐨, 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐃𝐚𝐲
"Suwei is a teenage hermit with an overprotective mother and an addiction to video games."
🅛🅘🅝🅚: https://balestier.com/books/literature/diablos-boys/
⧉ 𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆: 𝑨𝒏 𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒚 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝑺𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑭𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑵𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒍
𝐁𝐲 𝐖𝐮 𝐉𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐧, 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐋𝐢𝐳 𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐫
"One of China’s first works of science fiction[.]"
🅛🅘🅝🅚: https://cup.columbia.edu/book/new-story-of-the-stone/9780231203470/
⧉ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒌𝒆𝒚 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔
𝐁𝐲 𝐗𝐢 𝐗𝐢, 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐚𝐧 & 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧
"Xi Xi documented 51 endearing ape and monkey puppets that she had sewn, weaving them into a series of insightful dialogues with her friend, the Hong Kong writer Ho F*k Yan."
🅛🅘🅝🅚: https://cup.cuhk.edu.hk/TheMonkeyChronicles
⧉ 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒀𝒖𝒂𝒏 𝑯𝒂𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒏
𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝, 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐖𝐢𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐝
"John Timothy Wixted’s treatment of 150 of Yuan Haowen’s poems distills available scholarship on the poet in Chinese, Japanese, and Western languages."
🅛🅘🅝🅚: https://cup.cuhk.edu.hk/ThePoetryofYuanHaowen
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