[𝐍𝐄𝐖 Cha: An Asian Literary Journal 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖] Sabina Knight (@SabinaKnight1) reviews 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑒𝑖𝑗𝑖𝑛𝑔 (@commapress, 2023), edited by Bingbing Shi: 'The volume showcases ten important writers and ten assured translators.

READ: chajournal.blog/2024/04/10/boo…

“As the historian searches for coherence, the poet weaves possible futures. . . . The grace of the historian poet is to caution us that neither individual nor communal history is foreordained.”

On Julian Gewirtz, by Sabina Knight 桑稟华 Los Angeles Review of Books
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So good to read this again! Thank you, Sabina Knight 桑稟华 for such an interesting interview. …esebooksforyoungreaders.wordpress.com/2023/11/03/163…

Five Books Smith College 'Short stories are especially apt for conveying a sense of Taiwan’s colliding cultures and aspirations. The stories reveal the precarity of war & dislocation, the oppression of women, the wages of materialism, the reclaiming of Taiwanese identities, . . .'
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'The Power of Chinese Narrative,' a brief intro to my books, childhood reading, and more.

with @helenwanglondon Chinese Books Young …esebooksforyoungreaders.wordpress.com/2023/11/03/163…

[𝐍𝐄𝐖 Cha: An Asian Literary Journal 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖] Sabina Knight (@SabinaKnight1) reviews Wang Anyi’s 𝐼 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝐵𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑂𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 (Cornell University Press, 2023), tr. Todd Foley: 'China’s most important woman writer of the last half-century.' Read: chajournal.blog/2024/03/05/wan…

Sabina Knight, “The Poet and the Historian: On Julian Gewirtz’s Your Face My Flag and Never Turn Back.” Los Angeles Review of Books (LARB), August 2023. smithcollege.me/Poet-And-Histo…

[𝐍𝐄𝐖 Cha: An Asian Literary Journal 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖] Sabina Knight (@SabinaKnight1) reviews Wang Anyi’s 𝐼 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝐵𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑂𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 (Cornell University Press, 2023), tr. Todd Foley: 'China’s most important woman writer of the last half-century.' Read: chajournal.blog/2024/03/05/wan…

'Sadness, exile, homesickness, grief, rhinos—whatever you might presume you know of these subjects, this collection offers new ways of seeing them.'

Don't miss this review of the 2023 Lucien-Stryk-Prize-winning book IN THE SAME LIGHT, trans. Wong May: bit.ly/3OGu4jk

'In the Same Light is a love letter to thirty-eight poets of the Tang empire (618-906). Having relearned through them ‘the language of human friendship’, Wong feels as if she worked for them for seven years....'
Mekong Review
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“As the historian searches for coherence, the poet weaves possible futures. . . . The grace of the historian poet is to caution us that neither individual nor communal history is foreordained.”

On Julian Gewirtz, by Sabina Knight 桑稟华 Los Angeles Review of Books
lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-po…

'Many consider Taipei People not only Pai Hsien-yung’s finest work but among the most exquisite stories of all of modern Chinese literature' Sabina Knight 桑稟华 Smith College recommends her favourite short stories from Taiwan:
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Tao Jiang Sabina Knight 桑稟华 Story of Ping! Five Chinese Brothers! I feel like there's an important story to tell about midcentury children's books about China circulating in Europe and N. America... !

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Recommended and discussed by Sabina Knight 桑稟华

A delightful interview about the power of Chinese narrative with the great Sabina Knight 桑稟华!

[𝐍𝐄𝐖 Cha: An Asian Literary Journal 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄] Helen Wang interviews Sabina Knight 桑稟华, Professor of Chinese and Comparative Literature at Smith College. Sabina: 'The moral power of Chinese fiction becomes clearer in light of Chinese ethics.' chajournal.blog/2024/01/03/kni…

'The Power of Chinese Narrative,' a brief intro to my books, childhood reading, and more.

with @helenwanglondon Chinese Books Young …esebooksforyoungreaders.wordpress.com/2023/11/03/163…

Wonderful new post about THE POWER OF CHINESE NARRATIVE - thank you SABINA KNIGHT for this fascinating interview! …esebooksforyoungreaders.wordpress.com/2023/11/03/163…
Sabina Knight 桑稟华 桑稟華 Sabina Knight #worldkidlit

Glad to see Sabina Knight 桑稟华 essay on Julian Gewirtz as historian of modern China AND poet (looking at both his recent books) listed among the most read of recent Los Angeles Review of Books essays on its webpage lareviewofbooks.org (direct link to the piece lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-po… )

2/We'll also watch my video on “Scar #Literature ,” a gut-wrenching literary movement that bravely confronted the wounds of #China ’s Cultural Revolution.
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I show evocative images and consider the movement's legacy for healing #trauma in China & beyond.