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From Wonso Pond

by Kang Kyong-ae ...

Translated by Samuel Perry ...

"A vibrant account of the travails of Japanese colonialism as experienced by workers and women by the pioneering feminist writer of the Korean left." —Andre Schmid, author of Korea Between EmpiresA classic revolutionary novel of the 1930s and the first complete work written by a woman before the Korean War to be published in English, From Wonso Pond transforms the love triangle between three ... Read more

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"A vibrant account of the travails of Japanese colonialism as experienced by workers and women by the pioneering feminist writer of the Korean left." —Andre Schmid, author of Korea Between EmpiresA classic revolutionary novel of the 1930s and the first complete work written by a woman before the Korean War to be published in English, From Wonso Pond transforms the love triangle between three
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A Century of Queer Korean Fiction

Edited by Samuel Perry ...

Series series MLA Texts and Translations
Following decades of LGBTQ+ activism, South Korea has seen a flowering of queer literature, film, and Internet culture. Many openly gay, lesbian, transgender, and other queer Korean writers find themselves in the national and international spotlight. But the rich variety of queer representation also extends into the Korean past, as this volume illustrates.Beginning with contemporary works of ... Read more

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Following decades of LGBTQ+ activism, South Korea has seen a flowering of queer literature, film, and Internet culture. Many openly gay, lesbian, transgender, and other queer Korean writers find themselves in the national and international spotlight. But the rich variety of queer representation also extends into the Korean past, as this volume illustrates.Beginning with contemporary works of
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Five Faces of Japanese Feminism

Crimson and Other Works

by Ineko Sata ...

Translated by Samuel Perry ...

This exquisite collection of short fiction by Sata Ineko (1904–1998) offers readers a fascinating glimpse into the lives of women rarely dignified in fiction: glamorous café waitresses, feisty communist activists, a tortured novelist, a soldier’s wife, and single women in Japan’s Korean colony. Her delicately penned portraits challenge the tired, erotic tropes of the geisha and schoolgirl, while ... Read more

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This exquisite collection of short fiction by Sata Ineko (1904–1998) offers readers a fascinating glimpse into the lives of women rarely dignified in fiction: glamorous café waitresses, feisty communist activists, a tortured novelist, a soldier’s wife, and single women in Japan’s Korean colony. Her delicately penned portraits challenge the tired, erotic tropes of the geisha and schoolgirl, while
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Learn Mandarin Chinese Today - Phrasebook For Beginners

by Jennifer Smythe ...

Our Mandarin Chinese phrasebook for beginners will introduce you some of the basic terms as you start to master the language of the future. About one fifth of the people in the world speak some form of Chinese as their native language.Contents:Mandarin Chinese OverviewPronunciation Guide— Diphthongs— Consonants— TonesPhrase List— Solving Problems— Going to the doctor— Numbers— Time— Colours— ... Read more

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Our Mandarin Chinese phrasebook for beginners will introduce you some of the basic terms as you start to master the language of the future. About one fifth of the people in the world speak some form of Chinese as their native language.Contents:Mandarin Chinese OverviewPronunciation Guide— Diphthongs— Consonants— TonesPhrase List— Solving Problems— Going to the doctor— Numbers— Time— Colours—
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Dreaming in Chinese

Mandarin Lessons in Life, Love, and Language

by Deborah Fallows ...

Deborah Fallows has spent much of her life learning languages and traveling around the world. But nothing prepared her for the surprises of learning Mandarin, China's most common language, or the intensity of living in Shanghai and Beijing. Over time, she realized that her struggles and triumphs in studying the language of her adopted home provided small clues to deciphering the behavior and ... Read more

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Deborah Fallows has spent much of her life learning languages and traveling around the world. But nothing prepared her for the surprises of learning Mandarin, China's most common language, or the intensity of living in Shanghai and Beijing. Over time, she realized that her struggles and triumphs in studying the language of her adopted home provided small clues to deciphering the behavior and
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Uncanny Magazine Issue 2

by Lynne M. Thomas, Michael Damian Thomas, Ann Leckie ...

Series Book 2 - Uncanny Magazine
The January/February 2015 issue of Uncanny Magazine.Featuring new fiction by Hao Jingfang (translated by Ken Liu), Sam J. Miller, Amal El-Mohtar, Richard Bowes, and Sunny Moraine, classic fiction by Ann Leckie, essays by Jim C. Hines, Erika McGillivray, Michi Trota, and Keidra Chaney, poetry by Isabel Yap, Mari Ness, and Rose Lemberg, interviews with Hao Jingfang (translated by Ken Liu) and Ann ... Read more

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The January/February 2015 issue of Uncanny Magazine.Featuring new fiction by Hao Jingfang (translated by Ken Liu), Sam J. Miller, Amal El-Mohtar, Richard Bowes, and Sunny Moraine, classic fiction by Ann Leckie, essays by Jim C. Hines, Erika McGillivray, Michi Trota, and Keidra Chaney, poetry by Isabel Yap, Mari Ness, and Rose Lemberg, interviews with Hao Jingfang (translated by Ken Liu) and Ann
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Karaoke Culture

by Dubravka Ugresic ...

Translated by David Williams, Ellen Elias-Bursac, Celia Hawkesworth ...

Finalist for the NBCC Award in Criticism, this collection is riotous, especially the piece about smashing a minibar. ... Read more

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Finalist for the NBCC Award in Criticism, this collection is riotous, especially the piece about smashing a minibar.
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Everything and Nothing At All

Essays

by Jenny Heijun Wills ...

**FINALIST FOR THE 2024 HILARY WESTON WRITERS’ TRUST PRIZE FOR NONFICTION • Globe and Mail’s Best Books of 2024 • CBC Books’ Best Canadian Nonfiction of 2024“Here is my disconnect: the private and public self. My mind and body. The real person and curated spectacle. . . . Are there actual roots with which to fasten this performance to anything real?”**As a transnational and transracial adoptee, ... Read more

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**FINALIST FOR THE 2024 HILARY WESTON WRITERS’ TRUST PRIZE FOR NONFICTION • Globe and Mail’s Best Books of 2024 • CBC Books’ Best Canadian Nonfiction of 2024“Here is my disconnect: the private and public self. My mind and body. The real person and curated spectacle. . . . Are there actual roots with which to fasten this performance to anything real?”**As a transnational and transracial adoptee,
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Young China

How the Restless Generation Will Change Their Country and the World

by Zak Dychtwald ...

The Wall Street Journal: "Engrossing...[Dychtwald]writes with an infectious energy."The Washington Post: "Enlightening...we learn that Chinese millennials, unlike their jaded American counterparts, are still dreamers and strivers, and have faith that they can achieve their dreams."Christian Science Monitor: "Fascinating... a remarkably revealing portrait of China's youngest generations."Randal... ... Read more

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The Wall Street Journal: "Engrossing...[Dychtwald]writes with an infectious energy."The Washington Post: "Enlightening...we learn that Chinese millennials, unlike their jaded American counterparts, are still dreamers and strivers, and have faith that they can achieve their dreams."Christian Science Monitor: "Fascinating... a remarkably revealing portrait of China's youngest generations."Randal...
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Europe in Sepia

by Dubravka Ugresic ...

Translated by David Williams ...

Dubravka Ugresic's follow-up to the NBCC Award Finalist Karaoke Culture and features some of her sharpest and funniest pieces yet. ... Read more

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Dubravka Ugresic's follow-up to the NBCC Award Finalist Karaoke Culture and features some of her sharpest and funniest pieces yet.
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The Future of Silence: Fiction by Korean Women

by Ju-Chan Fulton, Bruce Fulton, Pak Wan-So, Kim Chi-Won, O Chong-hui, Kong Son-ok, So Yong-un, Han Yujoo, Kim Sagwa, Chon Un-yong, Kim Ae-ran ...

These nine stories span half a century of contemporary writing in Korea (1970s–2010s), bringing together some of the most famous twentieth-century women writers with a new generation of young, bold voices. Their work explores a world not often seen in the West, taking us into the homes, families, lives and psyches of Korean women, men, and children.In the earliest of the stories, Pak Wan-so, ... Read more

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These nine stories span half a century of contemporary writing in Korea (1970s–2010s), bringing together some of the most famous twentieth-century women writers with a new generation of young, bold voices. Their work explores a world not often seen in the West, taking us into the homes, families, lives and psyches of Korean women, men, and children.In the earliest of the stories, Pak Wan-so,
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Alien Daughters Walk Into the Sun

An Almanac of Extreme Girlhood

by Jackie Wang ...

Series series Semiotext(e) / Native Agents
The early writings of renowned poet and critical theorist Jackie Wang, drawn from her early zines, indie-lit crit, and prolific early 2000s blog.Compiled as a field guide, travelogue, essay collection, and weather report, Alien Daughters Walk into the Sun traces Jackie Wang’s trajectory from hard femme to Harvard, from dumpster dives and highway bike rides to dropping out of an MFA program, ... Read more

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The early writings of renowned poet and critical theorist Jackie Wang, drawn from her early zines, indie-lit crit, and prolific early 2000s blog.Compiled as a field guide, travelogue, essay collection, and weather report, Alien Daughters Walk into the Sun traces Jackie Wang’s trajectory from hard femme to Harvard, from dumpster dives and highway bike rides to dropping out of an MFA program,
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