Pathlight magazine: New Chinese Writing

Pathlight magazine is a new English-language literary magazine produced by Paper Republic and People's Literature Magazine (《人民文学》杂志社). It is currently in trial publication period—the first issue came out on November 20, and the second issue will be published in advance of the 2012 London Book Fair, where China will be the Market Focus.

Distribution is currently limited, though the first issue can be purchased on Amazon—they will deliver internationally. For specific inquiries, please contact Pathlight Managing Editor Alice Xin Liu at alicexinliu@paper-republic.org.

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Issue One: Mao Dun Literature Prize

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Feature: 8th Mao Dun Literature Prize

Zhang WeiYou Are on the Highland
Liu XinglongHoly Heaven’s Gate
Liu ZhenyunA Word is Worth Ten Thousand Words

Fiction / Non-Fiction

Jiang Yitan‘China Story’
Di An‘Williams’ Tomb’
Qi Ge‘The Sugar Blower’
Xiang Zuotie‘A Rare Steed for the Martial Emperor’ and ‘Raising Whales’
Li Juan‘The Winter of 2009’ and ‘The Road to Weeping Spring’

Poetry

Lei PingyangPrayer-Poem on Mt. Jinuo, White Herons, Keeping a Cat, Going Home for a Funeral, The Myna Bird Asks a Question, Collectivist Insect Calls, and Abandoned City
Hou MaBloodsucking Rapture, Subway, Li Hong’s Kiss and A Wolf? In Sheep’s Clothing?
Sun LeiTravel
Yu XiangSunlight Shines Where It’s Needed, My House, They, A Gust of Wind, Low Key, It Goes Without Saying, Holy Front and Street
Wong Leung WoAt Midnight, I See Your Shoes in the Bathroom, Father, This is the Last Day, The Story of Santa and I Thought We Wouldn’t Meet Again
Xi ChuanThe Body and History, Ill Fortune H 00325, Looking at the Mural in the Ruicheng Temple of Eternal Joy and Dragon

Editor’s Pick

Li Er‘Stephen’s Back’