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Banned Chinese writer fights ‘brainwashing’
Banned Chinese writer Liao Yiwu, speaking in the United States for the first time since fleeing his country, said that his only crime was to resist "brainwashing." Liao, who… More
Renowned Chinese Writer and Musician-in-Exile Makes U.S. Debut
This evening, the Pen American Center and The New School will host Chinese author and musician Liao Yiwu, one of China’s most exciting and most censored writers, in his… More
Zhou Qing: Punished to Save Them
If satisfying our basic daily needs for food and drink becomes a highly dangerous activity, what hope is left for our society? More
Liao Yiwu’s First U.S. Appearance
Liao Yiwu, author of The Corpse Walker and one of China’s “most exciting and most censored writers” is making his first U.S. appearance tomorrow night. In and of itself,… More
Zhou Qing: Punished to Save Them
Zhou Qing is a writer and board member of the Independent Chinese PEN Center who has written several groundbreaking books of investigative nonfiction. Imprisoned for almost three years after taking… More
A World’s Worth of Snow
When there is absolutely nothing left to eat in the house, Hana decides to ask for work at the agricultural cooperative. They give her the job of cleaning the… More
Flee, Sit in Prison, or Shut Up: An Interview with Liao Yiwu
Amid the recent crackdown on dissidents by the Chinese government, the case of Liao Yiwu, the well-known poet and chronicler of contemporary China, is particularly interesting. More
Chinese writer to speak in US after ban
Dissident writer Liao Yiwu, who fled China after authorities banned him from visiting the United States and Australia, will speak out on a first US trip, a literary group… More
Phillip Lopate on What I Saw: Reports from Berlin, 1920-1933
I can think of no book I’d rather exchange for the Gideon Bible than Joseph Roth’s What I Saw: Reports from Berlin, 1920–1933. More
Match My Own
I held my mother’s hand as we strolled down Mott Street, entering the outskirts of Chinatown. More
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