Lucas Klein--a former radio DJ and union organizer--is a writer, translator, and editor of CipherJournal.com. His translations, essays, and poems have appeared or are forthcoming at Two Lines, Jacket, and Drunken Boat, and he has regularly reviewed books for Rain Taxi and other venues. A graduate of Middlebury College (BA) and Yale University (PhD), he is Assistant Professor in the dept. of Chinese, Translation & Linguistics at City University of Hong Kong. Endure, a small collection of Bei Dao 北島 poems translated with Clayton Eshleman, is now out from Black Widow Press, and his translation of the Selected Poems of Xi Chuan 西川 is forthcoming. He is also at work translating Tang dynasty poet Li Shangyin 李商隱.
My review of Eileen Chow & Carlos Rojas's translation of Brothers 兄弟 by Yú Huá 余華 is out, printed in this summer's edition of Rain Taxi.
Since it's only available in print, you'll have to order a copy from the website or else pick up an issue--for free--where available. They're often on offer at independent bookstores in North America.
By Lucas Klein, June 18, 10:42p.m.