Ep 49 - The TrChFic Megacrossover Part 2: Moderns

'One morning, Salinger was woken from sleep by deafening noises. Dazed, he gazed outside the window and saw a row of gleaming Baekdu bulldozers, which had been modified from Chonma-ho battle tanks, bearing down on his cabin.'In the forty ninth episode we continue our megacrossover, this time tackling modern literature. Once more unto the jazz hall, dear friends, once more, as we tackle: lamppost sexuality, mantou typography, disposable(?) wuxia, and the philosophy of chicken nuggets. No, really. I'm not joking. Wait, come back!!!- // NEWS ITEMS //Taiwan Year at the Leeds Centre for New Chinese Writing - Egoyan Zheng ExcerptJeremy Tiang - The World Is Not Enough - is world literature just a ‘spice rack’ for lazy Westerners?Lost in Translation: What’s the Problem with Chinese Literature in the West? - Zoom talk w/ Jianan Qian, Nicky Harman, and Eric AbrahamsenReading "The Story of the Stone" with 白先勇 Pai Hsien-Yung and 陳毓賢 Susan Chan Egan - a superstar Zoom talk!- // PODCASTERS & THEIR CHOSEN STORIES //Rob and Lee of The Chinese Literature Podcast chose Sealed Off by Eileen ChangWilliam and Kevin of Rereading the Stone chose Shanghai Foxtrot by Mu ShiyingYifan of 文化土豆 Culture Potato chose A Bond Undone, Chapter 1 by Jin Yongand your host Angus chose Salinger and the Koreans by Han Song- // Episode Sponsor //Buy Jeremy Bai AKA Deathblade's The Heretic Peacekeeper here:Amazon: http://mybook.to/9h10eTHPKobo, Nook, etc: https://books2read.com/u/mgzxxx- // Handy TrChFic Links //Episode TranscriptsHelp Support TrChFic