Yilin (she/they) - The Lantern & the Night Moths is OUT NOW

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Writer. Poet. Translator. Editor & translator, The Lantern and the Night Moths (Invisible Publishing 2024). Clarion West '21. aspec 🏳️‍🌈. Once fought the British Museum. linktr.ee/yilinw

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My Birdverse novella YOKE OF STARS is officially out today!! tachyonpublications.com/product/yoke... Please spread the word if you are so moved.

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Courtney Milan

So I ask that maybe you use your brain and realize that I bring my whole self to my romance novels, and so do other authors, and so belittling the genre by saying that romance books are “just romance” and “even twilight is not just romance” is just wildly ignorant.

Fuck you racist islamphobic person who goes around harassing people

The extreme irony of a publication that tried to censor the word "genocide" putting out an issue of translated poetry about Gaza. I'm glad I got half of my settlement back and donated the money to a Palestinian publisher after they tried to cut me out of my project.

I'm really touched by this super in-depth and thoughtful review of The Lantern and the Night Moths. I love how LJ really hones in on one of my core intentions with the book -- the translation and preservation of the ephemeral and easily-forgotten. exchanges.uiowa.edu/reviews/the-...

Review: The Lantern and the Night Moths | Exchanges: Journal of Literary Translationexchanges.uiowa.edu The Lantern and the Night Moths Edited and Translated by Yilin Wang Invisible Publishing, 120 pp., $16.95 (paper) Review by L.J. Lee ...

Yesterday was the anniversary of Qiu Jin's death. Please take a moment to join me in honoring her memory. Also, check out The Lantern and the Night Moths for some of my translations of her poetry and my essay on translating her work! invisiblepublishing.com/product/the-...

The Lantern and the Night Moths · Invisible Publishinginvisiblepublishing.com Chinese Canadian poet-translator Yilin Wang has selected and translated poems by five of China’s most innovative modern and contemporary poets: Fei Ming, Qiu Jin, Zhang Qiaohui, Xiao Xi, and Dai Wangs...

又是翻译神话故事的一天哈哈哈哈哈

any speculative poets of color i know going to worldcon in august and want to get together to plan an offsite reading?

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I'll be visiting the UK in August! Save the dates. More details to come~

On this past weekend I made my first visit to a book club as a writer/translator. People had such lovely things to say about the anthology being an accessible intro to Chinese poetry and about my translator's essays. They had wonderful questions about my translation process too.

ICYMI

I was doing some research for the cat immortal book i'm translating and found a genderqueer god 🥰 happy International Non-Binary People's Day~

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dai wangshu, tr. @yilinwriter.bsky.social #smallpoemsunday

I'll be visiting the UK in August! Save the dates. More details to come~

There are so many types of tools available to a translator other than localizing a magical being into a totally different creature that is a complete mismatch. Transliterate, explain, offer descriptions, use a footnote/glossary, just leave it to readers to research... Use your imagination gosh

This is actually a really ridiculous take

please, no more fairies, goblins, demons, et cetera when translating fantasy chinese beings... 🙃

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but i think in SFF spaces especially this really needs to be talked about a lot more, and i'm waiting to see some statements come out as well

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i found it deeply disturbing and upsetting so i haven't talked about it but have definitely seen some discussions on the bird site. a lot of BIPOC i know though are really overtaxed right now trying to fundraise and protest a genocide so i think people are focusing their energies there.

A reminder that I'm doing a book club visit with Translated Gems tomorrow (Saturday) at 1pm PDT tomorrow. If you want to join, you can reach out to Feriel via the link below. www.instagram.com/p/C87Tx3mS72H/

‎Feriel 🍋 فريال 🍋 페리엘‎ on Instagram: "TGBC - Q&A with translator Yilin Wang ~ • Come join the #translatedgemsbookclub for a Q&A with translator Yilin Wang. • Q&A will be on Saturday, July 13th at 1p...www.instagram.com 98 likes, 0 comments - translatedgems on July 2, 2024: "TGBC - Q&A with translator Yilin Wang ~ • Come join the #translatedgemsbookclub for a Q&A with translator Yilin Wang. • Q&A will be on Saturda...

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I stopped by Book Warehouse and Iron Dog Books (in Vancouver) to sign some copies of The Lantern and the Night Moths! Thank you for supporting the work of local writers/translators! Folks looking for signed copies can check these stores.

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very EARLY draft is published on my website! right now it only has active links that Corey had on their list, and added dates (i find the context of age important). in the future i will possibly be organizing this differently and, obviously, adding more! bookdeviant.wordpress.com/coreys-list-2/

Reviews of Trans and/or Non-Binary Literature by Trans and/or Non-Binary Reviewersbookdeviant.wordpress.com This is a work in progress! last updated: 7/9/2024 This list is based on my late friend’s original list linked on their blog, Corey’s Book Corner. My friend, Corey Alexander (also known as Xan West), ...

i have been listening to this song on repeat for like 5 days as i'm translating and tweaking my translations of the Feminist Anthem by Qiu Jin. it's so catchy 🥹 www.youtube.com/watch?v=tONI...

Chant d’Encouragement pour les Droits des Femmes – Qiu Jin / 勉女權歌 – 秋瑾www.youtube.com YouTube video by Roxane Utena

Fucking god please factcheck with me about what you're going write about me and the British Museum before you post it publicly i'm not working with Modern Poetry in Translation anymore and i'm not ready to talk about it, but i don't want anyone to mention me in the same sentence with them ever again

saw a comment about a translation of a chinese poem being really timely commentary about the present... except the opening line of the translation actually obscures the specific context of it being written after a country collapsing after invasion

making an unplanned venture into lyrics translation officially for the first time because Qiu Jin wrote a feminist anthem and i'm working on translating it - lyrics as printed on the bag below

i'm doing a q&a with the Translated Gems book club on Saturday July 13th at 1pm PDT! Come hang out with me and bring your questions about the book or Chinese poetry translation~ if you want to join, please reach out to Feriel here: www.instagram.com/p/C87Tx3mS72H/

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so guess what... i'm now collaborating with this show as Qiu Jin's translator!!! so cool to see my translations of her poetry take on new life in adaptation on stage in london... please go see it.

oh wow, there's a show about Qiu Jin happening in London... sadly it's taking place after i leave the city. does anyone know the folks who are putting it on and how long it might be running for www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/202...

Tangram x LSO: Bound/Unbound | Barbicanwww.barbican.org.uk Join trailblazing LSO St Luke's Associate Artists, Tangram, for the premiere of a new music theatre interweaving the stories of two of China’s 19th century heroines: Afong Moy and Qiu Jin.

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THIS IS ALSO ONE OF MY FAVORITE READS OF THE YEAR SO FAR.

it's the end of June and i guess i should shout about the fact The Lantern and the Night Moths is a pretty queer book, especially because Qiu Jin is featured and the section on Fei Ming also talks about translating nothingness/ambiguity which is of interest to ace and aro folks