Jeff Wasserstrom

jwassers.bsky.social

08 April 2026 16:21

Fascinating new piece in @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social (edited by its film section editors) by @bairuiwen.bsky.social on Jia Zhangke & AI lareviewofbooks.org/article/jia-... cc @afrawang.bsky.social @yunnia.bsky.social @chinabooksreview.com

NüVoices 女性之音

nuvoices.bsky.social

30 October 2025 19:42

Here, she reviews two of Fang Fang's novels, Soft Burial & The Running Flame, tr. @bairuiwen.bsky.social for @chinabooksreview.com, on how women in China have suffered abuse, silence and erasure. chinabooksreview.com/2025/10/09/f...

Elaine

liielaine.bsky.social

18 October 2025 03:06

Powerful quote, and perfect for Banned Books Week. 📚 Fang Fang’s Soft Burial (trans. Michael Berry) is such a haunting look at memory and trauma from the Cultural Revolution, which explains why it’s been so contentious. Have you read it yet, and did any chapter linger with you after?

Yangyang Cheng

yangyangcheng.bsky.social

10 October 2025 16:17

"Generations of Chinese women have been rendered voiceless by the patriarchy. Their stories refuse soft burials." So honored to have a review essay out in Banned Books Week @chinabooksreview.com on two of Fang Fang's most acclaimed novels, Soft Burial & The Running Flame, tr. @bairuiwen.bsky.social:

Yangyang Cheng

yangyangcheng.bsky.social

09 October 2025 23:04

"The Party’s tight control on historical narrative has rendered much of the pain afflicted in the name of liberation—or after liberation had ostensibly been achieved—unspeakable." For @chinabooksreview.com, I review two Fang Fang novels: Soft Burial and The Running Flame (tr. @bairuiwen.bsky.social)