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Issue 14 Launch Event: A Talk with Aydos Amantay
Chutzpah Published 2013-07-04 06:30Time: July 6, 3:00 - 5:00 pmPlace: Fang Suo Commune Bookstore, MU floor, Taikoo Hui, No. 383, Tianhe Lu, Tianhe District, Guangzhou "Distance" is an unavoidable word, and distance is the beginning of all misunderstandings. The distance separating Guangzhou and Xinjiang is probably the greatest distance in all of China. As a young Kazakh man, I am fortunate to be able to talk face-to-face with frie...
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Chutzpah! Issue 14 just out
Chutzpah Published 2013-06-19 21:19Cover Image: Li Wei, "Woman in the Snow," Inner Mongolia, 2008.This very special issue features writing from China's ethnic minorities -- Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Tibetans, Yi, Mongolians, and others -- both originally written in Mandarin and translated from the writers' native tongues. Following in the footsteps of Issue 11, "Xinjiang Time," "Roots" broadens the scope, taking in the entire Chinese polyp...
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Chutzpah! Issue 13 due out soon
Chutzpah Published 2013-04-16 05:20Cover image: Leong Waiian, "The Tiger and the Lamb," pencil on paper. This issue, Chutzpah! celebrates two years in print! Issue 13's theme, "To Be Continued," affirms our continued existence. The Chinese issue features two novels in progress by Dung Kai-Cheung and Kang He, a series of interconnected stories by He Wapi, and a story by Chen Xue. In English, don't miss debut author Wang Bang's insid...
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Chutzpah! Issue 12 is out
Chutzpah Published 2013-03-15 01:01Pak Sheung Chuen, "Two-person balloon," 2004.Chutzpah! Issue 12, "The Future of Love," features an international smorgasbord of new writing on the theme of love, curated by German author Ingo Niermann. Look out for Junot Diaz in Chinese and a short story by Chen Xue, an important new voice in Taiwanese lesbian fiction, translated by Howard Goldblatt. Read more...From artist Pak Sheung Chuen's seri...
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Event: Reading Fashion with Culture Chanel
Chutzpah Published 2013-01-22 04:29Time: January 23, 2013 at 7:30pmLocation: TaiKoo Hui Mall, Guangzhou - Building B1, Room MU35This Wednesday, Chutzpah! head editor Ou Ning joins poet Yu Xiang and academic Chang Hsiao-hung for a discussion of literature, fashion, and art. Part of Culture Chanel's event series "One Setting, Five Legends," the talk will kick off with a reading of four Jean Cocteau poems by Yu Xiang, then segue into ...
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Event: Ou Ning interviews Xinjiang writers at Today Art Museum
Chutzpah Published 2013-01-12 06:59West (detail), by Liu Xiaodong. Oil on canvas, 2.5m x 3m, 2012. Painting done on-site in Urumqi.Date: Jan. 13, 2013Location: Today Art Museum, BeijingTime: 10am - 12pmThis Sunday, Chutzpah! chief editor Ou Ning will interview three writers from Xinjiang—Alat Asem, Liu Liangcheng, and Li Juan—as part of the opening for Liu Xiaodong's Hotan Project at the Today Art Museum in Beijing. To these three ...
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Chutzpah! Issue 11 Release
Chutzpah Published 2013-01-12 06:01Cover photo: Terrace houses in Kashgar, with Ferris wheel in the background. Zhu Rui, 2012.Chutzpah! Issue 11 is out, and the theme is Xinjiang. In August, chief editor Ou Ning spent ten days in Xinjiang interviewing local artists and writers, gathering fodder for this issue's literary tour of China's westernmost province. Uyghur writer Alat Asem, Kazakh writer Yerkesy Hulmanbiek, and young Han Ch...
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Event: Three Literary Editors on Post-Mo Yan Sinophone Writing
Chutzpah Published 2013-01-06 00:16Time: Jan. 17 2013, 7:30 - 9:30 P.M.Location: The Beijing BookwormHosted by Paper Republic founder Eric AbrahamsenPanelists: Chutzpah! editor Ou Ning, Pathlight editor Alice Xin Liu, Asymptote editor Lee Yew LeongMo Yan's Nobel win focused the international literary spotlight on contemporary Chinese writing. But for non-Chinese readers, the linguistic and cultural barriers can be daunting. Asympto...
