Just released – Volume 2 Issue 1
MaLa – the Chengdu Bookworm Literary Journal is a collection of short fiction, literary non-fiction, poetry and work in translation, supported by art works and photography. The MaLa Faultlines issue looks at geological fractures and beyond, to intersections of gender, class, age and culture.
Featured in the Faultlines Issue:
Original works by award-winning American writer, comedian and radio contributor David Sedaris, Leave Me Alone Chengdu author Murong Xuecan, the Inspector Chen series author Qiu Xiaolong, Hong-Kong based humorist Nury Vittachi.
Interviews with Bi Feiyu, Jonathan Watts, Peter Hessler
Chengdu photographer Zhou An’s images of Shuijingfang
Photojournalist Lei Yu’s documentation of the Wenchuan Earthquake
New Fiction from China and Beyond
Reportage and Memoir from Wenchuan
Poetry in Translation by Xi Yongjun, Han Dong and Ma Yan
Excerpts from Ian Buruma, Fergal Keane, Graham Earnshaw, Roy Kesey and Michael Kohn