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Chinese Literature Today

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Norman, OK 73019-6400

Phone: (405) 325-2383

E-mail: CLToday[at]ou[dot]edu

Simultaneous submissions: no Email submissions: yes Reading period: year-round Response time: 4-8 weeks Payment: copies Contests: no ISSN: Print: 2151-4399 Online: 2156-8634 Founded: 2010 Issues per year: 2 Copy price: $10 Average pages: 112 Sample price (postpaid): free in US Subscription (individuals) 1 year: $20 (US); $40 (elsewhere) Subscription (institutions) 1 year: $40 (US); $80 (elsewhere)

Publisher’s description: As modern China becomes an increasingly visible player on the world’s stage, it is more important than ever for the world to gain an understanding of Chinese culture. Chinese Literature Today, a new title from the award-winning World Literature Today, grants the world direct access to China.

CLT’s mission is to provide high-quality English translations of the best of Chinese literature. Each issue will spotlight a range of important writers, topics, and scholars, and will feature both original literary works and groundbreaking critical essays. CLT includes all genres of fiction and non-fiction, from poetry, short story, novella, and novel excerpts to literary essay and memoir. Book reviews, news, interviews, and visual arts will complete CLT’s coverage of China’s modern arts.

We see CLT as a major cultural door that has opened between China and the United States, and we hope you will subscribe today.

Recent issues:

The latest issue of Chinese Literature Today (vol. 2, no. 1) features a new story from Taiwanese novelist Li Ang and a revealing conversation between her ”Bright” and “Dark” personas. Howard Goldblatt, one of the most important figures in East-West literature, also conducts a bold new self-interview as well as providing an excerpt from his translation of Mo Yan's new novel, Sandalwood Death. Our Word & Image section features the shifting landscapes of contemporary Chinese photography and the rebirth of China's painter-poets Luo Qing and Che Qianzi. Rounding out the issue is new work by and an interview with poet Wang Jiaxin.

The Winter/Spring 2011 issue of Chinese Literature Today features the return of Shi Zhi—his poetry and legacy. Our critical section focuses on the question of whether Chinese literature is "garbage or gold," as famous literary critics debate the need for greater cosmopolitanism in contemporary Chinese literature. Featured scholar Michelle Yeh discusses her new approach to the study of modern Chinese poetry, and our special section explores the rise of migrant working-class poetry. Also included are an interview with Yu Hua, a look at the work of Yan Lianke, and the second part of our exploration of the body-writing genre.

The Summer 2010 issue of Chinese Literature Today features new work from award-winning author Bi Feiyu, spotlights the work of sinologist David Der-wei Wang, and also includes the work of Mo Yan, Bei Dao, and poets Xi Chuan and Zhai Yongming. Critical essays engage the contemporary Chinese literary experience, probing the boundary clashes between the city and the country, luxury and labor, gender and power. A special section explores the unique literary traditions of Beijing and Shanghai, the twin cities of modern Chinese literature.