The Shanghai Literary Review Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Interested in reviewing any of these for TSLR? 1) Rossella Ferrari’s Transnational Chinese Theatres 2) Paul Bevan’s Intoxicating Shanghai – An Urban Montage 3) Xux Xu’s Bird Talk and Other Stories 4) Fairoz Ahmed’s Interpreter of Winds Contact: tslrbookreviews@gmail.com

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Our poetry co-editor @ninamingya recently started a small press specialising in limited-edition poetry by Asian diaspora poets! It’s called Bitter Melon 苦瓜 @bittermelonpoem and the first two books are available for preorder here: https://t.co/G2kNZpoBm3 https://t.co/2IshyhP5AG

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Today is the centennial of Eileen Chang's birthday (1920-2020). Why not take a deep dive into her book 'Little Reunions' with TSLR contributor Carlos Rojas (@DukeKunshan) https://t.co/xddYJXYZJ2 https://t.co/0sj5pfIfhb

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Interested in reviewing any of these for TSLR? 1) Rossella Ferrari’s Transnational Chinese Theatres 2) Paul Bevan’s Intoxicating Shanghai – An Urban Montage 3) Xux Xu’s Bird Talk and Other Stories 4) Fairoz Ahmed’s Interpreter of Winds Contact: tslrbookreviews@gmail.com

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Our reviews editor @brian_haman on Wang Anyi's 'Fu Ping: A Novel" for @BookReviewsAsia @ColumbiaUP https://t.co/18VmbXj1Dc

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We are incredibly proud of our co-founder and translation editor, @tragicsalad Mike Fu, whose English translation of Sanmao's Stories of the Sahara has just been released by @BloomsburyPub . Congratulations Mike, and we can't wait to hear our readers' thoughts on the book! https://t.co/F3RAr0nH7j

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'She had to depict her characters’ hardship and hopelessness without pointing the finger at the true culprit: the government’s misguided policies and corrupt bureaucracy.' @KennethwongSF reviews 'Born and Bred in Myanmar' by Moe Moe Inya #Myanmar https://t.co/UxR3xgH7Wv

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TSLR contributor Eleanor Goodman has won the Hanan Prize from the Association for Asian Studies for her translation of 'The Roots of Wisdom' by Zang Di. https://t.co/kxHcKxa04b Well deserved and congratulations.

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TSLR's @brian_haman reviews "Three Brothers: Memories of My Family" by Yan Lianke (@ChattoBooks, @groveatlantic) "As it does to our lives at present, death—virulent, episodic, unbidden—haunts Yan Lianke’s memoir 'Three Brothers'. https://t.co/a3kd0pjs5n

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Issue Five contributor Bradford Philen @BPhilen has a new collection of short stories, When the Color Started, out now from @TailwindsPress ~ https://t.co/yUQhfBrMLu