MCLC: Asymptote summer 2014

[Denton, Kirk]

MCLC LIST
From: Asymptote Journal <editors at asymptotejournal.com>
Subject: Asymptote summer 2014
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Unveiling the Summer Asymptote!

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Chinese highlights:

- Dylan Suher's review of Qiu Miaojin's Last Words from Montmartre.

- A new nonfiction by Uyghur writer, "Life of a Mimic" tr. Jim Weldon

- "Misty school" poet Wang Xiaoni, from Something Crosses My Mind, tr.
Eleanor Goodman. Goodman recently read these poems at our Shanghai event,
documented here: http://www.asymptotejournal.com/events.php?e=18

- A new poem, "Wall," by Sun Dong, translated by Josh Stenberg

Other highlights include:

Latin American heavyweights César Aira, Sergio Chejfec, Rául Zurita, and
Cristina Perri Rossi alongside emerging voices from the continent.
Discover new work such as: Japanese surrealist poetry translated by Mary
Jo Bang and Yuki Tanaka, an interview with Amit Chaudhuri on Tagore, an
essay by Daniel Hahn, an excerpt of Violette Leduc's now-uncensored 1954
novel, and fiction by 2013 EU Literature Prizewinner Faruk Šehić, who also
gives a reading in Bosnian on video.

As always, our new issue is available for free here:

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Watch this issue's video trailer (English): http://youtu.be/DfWuSkViArI
(Chinese): http://youtu.be/_UjBkt5gqkA

Watch this space for our announcement about two Asymptote events at the
Hong Kong Literature Festival this November.

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