Felix Rian Constantinescu was born in Romania in 1982. He made his debut in 2002 as a writer of short pieces for theatre, and his published works include Imersiune posibila – Possible Immersion (2004), Canon in d si alb – trei povestiri (2011), O mama de lumina (2015), Momentul in care D-zeu exista (2015) and Yin (2016). * Jos în grădină E zăpadă mucedă. Soare – bec aprins...
Felix Rian Constantinescu was born in Romania in 1982. He made his debut in 2002 as a writer of short pieces for theatre, and his published works include Imersiune posibila – Possible Immersion (2004), Canon in d si alb – trei povestiri (2011), O mama de lumina (2015), Momentul in care D-zeu exista (2015) and Yin (2016). * În pervaz, în geam Picură rotogoale. Ochiuri albastre...
Born and raised in Tehran, Iran, Masoud Razfar has studied Linguistics and English Translation. He works as a translator for refugees and migrants, and lives in Bangkok. He has translated some works of Persian poets into English. He is the first to render Jason Wee’s poem (or probably any other Singaporean poet’s) into Farsi. روزهایی بلند چون چتر نجاتی بازشده پس از سفر به فضا در...
Lillian (Quan) Zhou is a student at Beijing No. 4 High School. She began learning English at a young age, and has a passion for prose. Once More Back Home I spent nine years – my childhood years – with my grandmother in an old Chinese house in the countryside. I developed a deep-seated aversion to caterpillars from their ubiquitous presence, and had to wear long-sleeved shirts in...
Habib Mohana was born in 1969 in Daraban Kalan, a town in the district of Dera Imsail Khan, Pakistan. He is an assistant professor of English at Government Degree College No 3, D. I. Khan. He writes fiction in English, Urdu, and Saraiki (his mother tongue). He has four books under his belt, one in Urdu and three in Saraiki. His Saraiki novel forms part of the syllabus for the MA in Saraiki at...
Vaughn M. Watson is a New York-based fiction and non-fiction writer who lived in China for two years. He has appeared on NPR and has work forthcoming in Tahoma Literary Review. He was the winner of the 2016 Winston-Salem Writer’s Flying South competition and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. He is currently working on a collection of stories and essays, Payaos, and serving on the...
Habib Mohana was born in 1969 in Daraban Kalan, a town in the district of Dera Imsail Khan, Pakistan. He is an assistant professor of English at Government Degree College No 3, D. I. Khan. He writes fiction in English, Urdu, and Saraiki (his mother tongue). He has four books under his belt, one in Urdu and three in Saraiki. His Saraiki novel forms part of the syllabus for the MA in Saraiki at...
Hannah Lund is a working writer and translator based in Shanghai. Her work has appeared in The Shanghai Literary Review, Sixth Tone, Narrative Magazine, and several China-based outlets. She co-founded a Hangzhou-based writer’s association in 2016 and has a master’s degree in Comparative Literature from Zhejiang University. Her website is: hannahlund.com. Electric Brain (电脑) I awake...
Hannah Lund is a working writer and translator based in Shanghai. Her work has appeared in The Shanghai Literary Review, Sixth Tone, Narrative Magazine, and several China-based outlets. She co-founded a Hangzhou-based writer’s association in 2016 and has a master’s degree in Comparative Literature from Zhejiang University. Her website is: hannahlund.com. The Thinker (Spring Festival 2019)...
Shelly Bryant divides her year between Shanghai and Singapore, working as a poet, writer, and translator. She is the author of eight volumes of poetry (Alban Lake and Math Paper Press), a pair of travel guides for the cities of Suzhou and Shanghai (Urbanatomy), and a book on classical Chinese gardens (Hong Kong University Press). She has translated work from the Chinese for Penguin Books, Epigram...