Department of English
Western Conn. State Univ. 181 White Street
Danbury, CT 06810
Office: 210F
Berkshire Hall
Phone: (203) 837-9048
Email:
qis@wcsu.edu
Links:
Author Webpage at Red Room: Where the Writers Are
Book Reviews:
"Illuminating flashes of China's fictive light" by Stephen Mansfield (The Japan Times Online)
"Shouhua Qi's The Pearl Jacket and Other Stories " by Myfanwy Collins (American Book Review)
"Flashfiction East" by Myfanwy Collins (Encyclopedia Britannica)
"The Pearl Jacket and Other Stories" by Isaac Stone Fish (Asian Review of Books)
"120 Views of China" by Elinor Teele (California Literary Review)
Chinese
literature, leaving the literary and societal
stagnation
of the Cultural Revolution behind as a distant
memory.”
(San Francisco: Stone Bridge Press, 2008)
".
. . A pointillist painting, or a compilation say, shows you only
broad outlines from
afar. Stand right next to it, however, and the
figures begin to dissolve into brilliant
flashes of color,
each one unique. It is
the job of literary types to spend their time yapping about isms and
trends.
It is the joy of readers to block up their ears to this
rubbish and open the book."
Elinor Teele,
California Literary Review
".
. . a panoramic palette of styles, subjects, and historical eras. . . a
consistently
rewarding
anthology
of short short fiction, with pleasant surprises on every page.
Tom
Hazuka, author of
In the City of
the Disappeared
and
Flash Fiction: 72 Very Short Stories
Red Guard Fantasies and Other Stories
When the Purple Mountain Burns:
A Novel
“…an
unprecedented first novel by a native
son of Nanking,
set
during the first
six days
after the fall of the city to the
Japanese imperial army in
December of 1937… Like no other
before, Shouhua Qi's unique voice
profoundly captures the
essence of his hometown and the struggles faced
by Generations of
Chinese as they exorcise the demons of
popular
memory.”
(San Francisco: Long River Press, 2005)
"Author Qi Explores Nanjing Massacre in New Novel"
--Andrea Lingenfelter, International Examiner
"A 'Must read' for America"
--Don Dallas, Milford Weekly
"Memories of a Scarred Beauty"
--Geni Raitisoja, Radio 86