“Journey to the South isn’t as famous as Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, which helped define America’s Beat Generation, but for my generation of Chinese it had much the same effect.” – Liao Yiwu
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Ai Wu – Journey to the South (Nanxing Ji)
Posted in Articles, tagged Ai Wu, China, Journey to the South, Liao Yiwu, Lu Xun, Nanxing Ji on April 28, 2011 |
Street Literature – Broadsides
Posted in Articles, tagged Broadsides, Street Literature on March 8, 2011 |
Broadsides, the most popular form of street literature, first began to appear in the 16th century.
Broadsides were large printed sheets plastered predominantly on the walls of houses, streets, alleyways and ale-houses. At first they were used predominantly for the printing of royal proclamations, acts, and official notices. Later they became a vehicle for political debate and what we now know as ‘popular culture’, such as scaffold speeches, news, ballads and songs that could be read (or sometimes sung) aloud, their subject matter as varied, colourful and bawdy as the places where they were posted.
Chap*Books
Posted in Articles, Links, tagged Chapbooks, J H Martin, Poetry, Spring Wanderings on November 9, 2010 |
Chap*Books is a space dedicated to the under-appreciated art form of the chapbook which has been of significant importance in the launching of many fine authors.
This excellent blog reviews and promotes the chapbooks and small collections published by small presses that the contributors have purchased, found or been given along the way.
Thick Face, Black Heart – Thick Black Theory
Posted in Articles, tagged China, non-fiction, Strategy, Thick Black Theory on November 30, 2009 |
The description “thick face, black heart” is used to describe what many, but by no means all, in Chinese society, whether they say so publicly or not, perceive to be the “must have” quality of Chinese people if they want to be successful, whether that be in society, business or politics.
In Thick Black Theory, the methods by which people use the idea of “thick face, black heart” to obtain and hold on to money, status and power, and how they use these to preserve their position and accumulate more are described in detail.
