Spent Bullets: An Interview with Translator Kevin Wang

Hello dear readers,

We’re so sorry we’ve been out of touch! We’ve felt an incredible sense of writer’s block because of all of the craziness in the world; we’ve been thinking of the senseless misery and violence in Iran and Lebanon. We’ve also had a busy few weeks of travel; Albert was at a conference in Boston on religious history and Michelle went to a conference in Chicago with the Taiwan Innocence Project, then onto a book fair in Bologna, where she shared books from Taiwan. We’ll share a substantial update about these travels soon.

In the meantime, check out Michelle’s piece about Taiwan’s determination to preserve its sovereignty in The Dial, as well as an interview. Albert is also thrilled to share that Uncanny Beliefs: Superstition in Modern Chinese History, co-edited with the wonderful Emily Baum, just came out with the Harvard Asia Center.

Today we’re delighted to share an interview with Kevin Wang, translator of the Taiwanese writer Terao Tetsuya’s Spent Bullets 《子彈是餘生》. Te…