What Travels? Guest essay from Su Shin
Su shares her experiences with picture books and Indigenous authors in Taiwan; plus, a life-affirming week at the Taiwanese American Foundation
A Broad and Ample Road
Based in Taiwan, we write about culture, politics, religion, & daily life. We're locally rooted and draw on our expertise in history, law, and advocacy. We've been recognized as one of the leading English-language publications covering Taiwan.
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A Golden Age of Taiwanese Literature
Plus: Our new favorite band, Tsng-kha-lâng (裝咖人)
Memories Frozen in Time: Taiwanese Prisoners of War in the Siberian camps
A film about intergenerational silence, male loneliness, decolonization, and the redemptive power of younger generations.
Photo Essay: Guest Post by Eric Hsu
Plus, congratulations to Yang Shuangzi & Lin King, event this Thursday with Plain Law & Khí-Sū, and good links!
An Interview with Translator Kevin Wang
Part 2 of an interview with Kevin Wang, who talks about making a life in Taiwan, code-switching, translating Du Fu, and being Chinese American here; plus, little updates
Spent Bullets: An Interview with Translator Kevin Wang
Pt. 1 of an interview with Kevin Wang, who talks about translation, kink, Go, and the costs of meritocracy.
Found in Translation: A Review of Taiwan Travelogue, Longlisted for the Booker
And, recap of events with Stephen Sawyer and Grace Loh Prasad
Happy New Year!
Alysa Liu brings joy; the dazzling Taipei Book Fair; Lorraine Daston visits Taiwan; and other things that give us hope in the Year of the Horse
When Men Kill
ICE terror in the U.S. and a violent stabbing in Taipei; plus a discussion with author Grace Loh Prasad at Bookman Books on Tuesday (tomorrow) at 19:30
Reading Middlemarch: Coming into Middle Age
Plus, a recap of events in November and book club details
A Poignant Event Mourns Taiwan's Execution of an Innocent Man
Plus, our upcoming events in Taipei; and, a shout-out to our friend Eric Chung, who's running for office in Michigan
FilmStack Inspiration Challenge Day 63: Two Takes of Contemporary Taiwan
We recommend two marvelous Taiwanese films, On Happiness Road and Au Revoir Taipei; plus a panel this week on Invisible Nation
Inspired by "Shovel Heroes"; Plus, Three Taiwanese Stories About the Death Penalty
And: upcoming events with Carol Steiker, scholar & death penalty abolitionist, New Bloom, and Invisible Nation event
A Sense of Dread: Isolationists under Trump Lay the Groundwork for Abandoning Taiwan, Marking a Radical Departure in Foreign Policy
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Underdog Stories in the Shadow of Empires
Two Taiwanese Graphic Novels about Memory and History
What do the ghosts want?
On worshipping the marginal and "improperly dead."
Hear Our Voices: An Interview with Radhika Natarajan
How Do You Talk About Anti-Imperial Struggle With Kids? (And Other Big Questions)
Invisible Nation & A Chip Odyssey: Reviews of two bestselling films in Taiwan
Plus, book club details
End of Semester (Blues)
Notes from the classroom, plus book club on Natalia Ginzburg's Family Lexicon
Finding His Sound: Minyen Hsieh Reflects on Jazz, Identity, and Taiwanese Democracy
Plus, links and book club on Karissa Chen’s Homeseeking