It's episode 240 and time for us to talk about Taiwanese Literature! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray 🦇 | Jam Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) Taiwan Travelogue by Yang Shuang-zi, translated by by Lin KingThe Boy from Clearwater, vol. 1 & vol. 2 by Yu Pei-yu and Zhou Jian-xin, translated by Lin KingThe Membranes by Chi Ta-wei, translated by Ari Larissa HeinrichThe Train by Hung Gun and illustrated by Chihoi, translated by Steve BradburyNotes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin, translated by Bonnie HuiThe Song About Green, vol 1 by Yan Gao, French translation by Alexandre Fournier Other Media We Mentioned Jet Lag: The Game - Taiwan Rail Rush Hark! Episode 418: Merry Sad Lonely Happy Christmas PartyQueer Time: A Special Notebook of Taiwanese Tongzhi Literature (2021)Angelwings: Contemporary Queer Fiction from Taiwan, translated by Fran Martin (2003)Queer Taiwanese Literature: A Reader edited by Howard Chiang (2021)Song by Ladybug referenced in a footnote in The MembranesCold War Island: Quemoy on the Front Line by Michael Szonyi Links, Articles, and Things Taiwan (Wikipedia) Population: 23,299,132Area: 36,197 square km (Vancouver Island is 31,815.31 square km) The Library of Congress was too cowardly to directly name it (it's listed as Two-Fisted Library Stories Issue 7), but they do host Spicy Library Stories. You can download a printable version here. China pressured Munich institute to cancel 'Taiwan Travelogue' event The translator "avoided translating terms such as "Republic of China," "Taiwan" and "China,"" Translator sues over alleged unauthorized relay translation of 'Taiwan Travelogue' Human rights activist Tsai Kun-lin dies at the age of 93Same-sex marriage in TaiwanGopher Protocol The History of Comics in Taiwan: 1940s to 1980s 15 Recent Taiwanese Books in English Translation Usually, Book Club for Masochists: A Readers' Advisory Podcast puts together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. For this month's topic, we compiled this list of literature from Taiwan available in English translation, published within the last 5 years. Ghost Town by Kevin Chen, translated by Darryl Sterk (2022) The Mermaid's Tale by Lee Wei-Jing, translated by Darryl Sterk (2022) The Piano Tuner by Chiang-Sheng Kuo, translated by Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin (2023) Cloud Labour by Sabrina Huang, translated by Lin King (2024) To the East of the East by Ping Lu, translated by Jeremy Tiang (2024) Social by Lamulu Pakawyan, translated by Wen-chi Li and Colin Bramwell (2024) Mountain Rat by Lulyang Nomin, translated by Yu Teng-Wei (2024) Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated by Lin King (2024) Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise by Lin Yi-Han, translated by Jenna Tang (2024) Portraits in White by Kaori Lai, translated by Sylvia Li-chun Lin and Howard Goldblatt (2025) The Privileged by Wu Xiaole, translated by Michael Berry (2025) What's a Snow Leopard to You? by Chen-Fu Hsu, translated by Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin (2026) Tomato Avenue and Other Coming-of-Age Stories by Lien Mingwei, translated by Brandon Yen (2026) Eyes of the Sky by Syaman Rapongan, translated by Kyle Shernuk (2026) A Perfect Day to Put Your Head in the Oven by Lee Chia-Ying, translated by Lin King (forthcoming 2027) Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, join our Discord Server, or send us an email! Join us again on Tuesday, November 17th we'll be discussing the second Battle of the Books winner: Automatic Noodle Then on Tuesday, December 1st we'll be discussing Portal Fiction/Isekai (as suggested by K Mcallister) (And also callerofstorms who just wanted us to read "more fantasy")
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