Hu Shi - Mr. Close Enough
Mr. Close Enough...Mr. Cha Buduo. He never seems to get things quite right, but he represents everything China is about. This is his story, a short, sardonic piece by the scholar and UN Ambassador Hu ...
13 Maj 202319min
Xu Xu - Bird Talk - Interview with Frederik Green
Xu Xu is a writer who was very famous in the 1930's and 1940's. He lived in China until 1949, he was one of the country's most important writers during this period. Then, after the victory of the CCP,...
29 Apr 202359min
Liu Xijun - Song of Sadness
Liu Xijun was a princess. Her father and mother were executed when they rebelled against the emperor, her great uncle. Liu was sent to marry a king of the distant Wusun, a group of Central Asian herde...
17 Apr 202318min
Li Bai - Going Down Zhongnan Mountain with Mountain Man Husi Staying at His Place and Hitting the Bottle
1 Apr 202316min
Poetry from Sex Workers in Dalian
This week, the Chinese Literature Podcast goes where few literary scholars have gone before. We take a look at some poetry by sex workers in the city of Dalian. In the podcast, I use the poem to tackl...
16 Mars 202313min
Kang Youwei in Canada
4 Mars 202315min
Interview with Kyle Anderson - Author of MountainSea Scroll Series
This week, Lee interviews Kyle Anderson, who has just published the first volume in a young adult series titled MountainSea Scrolls. This first volume is called The 9 Tailed Fox. Dr. Anderson describe...
18 Feb 202341min
Mo Yan
On the previous episode, I went all the way to the beginning of Chinese literature. This episode, I explore a contemporary novel, Mo Yan's Red Sorghum. It won Mo Yan the Nobel Prize, it has been made ...
4 Feb 202316min
