Leilei Chen 莫译(muo-yee) (she/her) is the author of Re-orienting China: Travel Writing and Cross-cultural Understanding; the Mandarin translator (both simplified and traditional Chinese) of Nationalism: A Very Short Introduction and MA Hui’s contemporary Chinese poetry, I Have Forsaken Heaven and Earth, but Never Forsaken You. Her translations of Chinese women’s fiction and ecological writings are anthologized in Virginia’s Sisters: An Anthology of Women’s Writing and Environmental Futures: An International Literary Anthology. She recently published her poetry chapbook, i give birth to my body. Her Mandarin version of Margaret Laurence’s A Bird in the House is forthcoming in 2026.
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The poems are the songs and tunes that came to Chen during her long-term illness. They are the fragments of a healing journey. She learned that, to recover, one needs to stay intimate with one’s body, to voice repressed memories, to find one’s grounding and peace in a chaotic world.
Ryad Assani-Razaki |
Leilei 莫译 Chen |
Jinwoo Park
Meaning can be lost in translation — but it can also be strengthened. In this virtual panel discussion, translators Ryad Assani-Razaki, Jinwoo…
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