Contemporary Chinese Literature
Winter 2011, Tuesday 10:00 AM - 1:15 PM

Steven Schroeder

Wang Anyi. The Song of Everlasting Sorrow. Columbia University Press, 2008. 9780231143431.
Mo Yan. Life and Death are Wearing Me Out. Arcade Books, 2008. 9781559708531. [Arcade Publishing declared bankruptcy last year, so this book may not be available in the bookstore. There are online copies, new and used, available through AbeBooks, a worldwide network of independent booksellers.]
The Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Literature (2nd edition). Columbia University Press, 2007. 9780231138413.
Li Nan. Small. Virtual Artists Collective, 2007. 0977297489.
Li Sen. Chinese Windmill. Virtual Artists Collective, 2007. 0977297470.

• audio recordings of Li Nan reading "In the Wide World" and a performance of Seth Boustead's setting of the poem
• audio recording that includes a number of poems by Li Nan, in Chinese and English
• Unclassifiable Dreams: Five Plays by Yang Qian, translated by Mary Ann O'Donnell [pdf file, 1.2 mB] | cover [pdf file, 468 kB]
• Mary Ann O'Donnell's Shenzhen Noted is an excellent source of information on Shenzhen (including Fat Bird Theatre)

• Howard Y.F. Choy's review of The Song of Everlasting Sorrow
• Francine Prose's review of The Song of Everlasting Sorrow (New York Times)
• a translation of Bai Juyi's "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" by Tony Barnstone and Chou Ping (from The Drunken Boat)
• Chinese text and translation of Cui Hao's "Yellow Crane Tower"

• an interview with Gao Xingjian (in French with English subtitles)
• audio recording of Li Sen reading "Red Earth Plateau" and "Kunming Roses"

• Jonathan Spence's review of Life and Death are Wearing Me Out (New York Times)
• announcement of Mo Yan's 2009 Newman prize (including Howard Goldblatt's nomination statement). [You might also be interested in the information about the current winner, Han Shaogong, and his Dictionary of Maqiao, which you can find by following the "winners" link on the menu on the lefthand side of the page.]