Short Works

“Old Wine in New Bottles? Flash Fiction from Contemporary China.” Essay. The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to

          Writing Flash Fiction. Ed by Tara L. Masih. Brookline, MA: the Rose Metal Press. Forthcoming: Summer 2009. Peer Reviewed.

“Traditions and Trends in Western Literary Genre Studies.” Foreign Literature Studies. Vol. 29, No. 2, April 2007 (Wuhan, China. Indexed by the Arts & Humanities Citation Index). 50-61. Peer Reviewed.

“Love Me, Love My Dog.” Short story. AMBIT. Issue 185, Spring 2006. London, UK. 30-40.

"The Evidence." Short Story. Feminist Studies. Summer 2005. University of Maryland. 400-415.  Peer Reviewed.

“Red Guard’s Fantasies.” Short Story. AMBIT. Issue 181. Summer 2005. London, UK. 70-80.

 "The Simple Pleasure of Books." Essay. The Connecticut Review. Fall, 2003. 113-120. Peer Reviewed.

 "The Crazed." Book Review. The Vanguard April/May. 2003, Connecticut.

 "Tenure: A Novel." Book Review. The Vanguard  Feb./March 2003, Connecticut.

“Academic Animals: A Bestiary of Higher-Education Teaching and How It Got That Way.” Book Review.  The Vanguard, Oct../Nov. 2002, Connecticut.

 “The Web in Higher Education: Assessing the Impact and Fulfilling the Potential.” Book Review.  The Vanguard, Aug./Sept. 2002, Connecticut.

“The Lost Diary of Iris Weed.” Book Review. The Vanguard, Jan/Feb. 2002, Connecticut.

“China At Crossroads.” The Patriot-News Oct. 3, 1999. Harrisburg, PA.

"Fire, Fire, Everywhere" The Patriot-News June 4, 1999. Harrisburg, PA.

“The Dominance of English in the World.” Essay. Youth Reference (both electronic and printed version) May 14, 1999. China. 6.

"US-China Relations in the Eyes of American College Students." Essay. Youth Reference. (both electronic and printed version) April 30, 1999. China. 3.

"Cold-War Mentality of US Mainstream Media." Essay. Youth Reference (both electronic and printed version) April 23, 1999. China. 6.

"The Reception of Contemporary Chinese Movies at Home and Abroad." Essay. Youth Reference (both electronic and printed version) March 26, 1999. China. 6.

“My Car Complex.” Essay. Hubei Today Monthly April, 1999. China.

“I Want to Adopt a Chinese Girl, Too.” Essay. Youth Reference (both electronic and printed version) Feb. 19, 1999. China. 7.

“Transient in the East.” Short Story. The Wildwood Journal Spring, 1998. Harrisburg, PA. 9-20.

“Leadership.” The Patriot-News July 5, 1998. Harrisburg, PA.

"Fragile Relations." The Patriot-News April 11, 1998. Harrisburg, PA.

“Tiger! Tiger!” The Patriot-News Jan. 7, 1998. Harrisburg, PA.

“Hubris and Humility: Is There A Happy Mean?” Essay. The Harrisburg Magazine March, 1998. Harrisburg, PA. 12-13.

“Chance for Partnership.” The Patriot-News Nov. 5, 1997. Harrisburg, PA.

“China's Gamble.” The Patriot-News Sept. 22, 1997. Harrisburg, PA.

Hong Kong At Sunset.” The Patriot-News June 30, 1997. Harrisburg, PA.

“Encouraging Signs: Chinese Seek Stability and Gradual Democratization.” The Patriot-News May 23, 1997. Harrisburg, PA.

 “Around the World, Our Names Describe Us.” The Patriot-News March 4, 1997. Harrisburg, PA.

“Deng Xiaoping: Mixed Blessings for China.” The Fourth Estate Feb. 26, 1997. Harrisburg, PA.

 “The Shuttle Bus.” Short Story. The Yuhua Magazine April, 1997. China.

“The Swallow.” Short Story. The Wildwood Journal May, 1997. Harrisburg, PA. 51-59.

“Did You Hear A Clash?” Guest Column on Huntington's Clash of Civilizations. The Patriot-News Jan., 1997. Harrisburg, PA.

 “Olympic Fervor Felt First-Hand in China.” The Patriot-News August 30, 1996. Harrisburg, PA.

“Election Year Blues on the Sidelines.” The Fourth Estate May 6, 1996. Harrisburg, PA.

“Mutual Engagement Best for U. S, China.” The Patriot-News April 17, 1996. Harrisburg, PA.

“Taiwan Crisis More Complex Than Morality Play.” The Patriot-News March 17, 1996. Harrisburg, PA.

 “Elegy in Spring.” A Poem. People's Daily--Overseas Edition  April 17, 1996. China.

 “Translating Names of Small Towns.” Article. Jiangsu Science & Technology June, 1995. China. 28-29.

“On the Tragic Rhythm of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Urbervilles.” Foreign Literature.  Jan./Feb., 1989 (Wuhan, China). 73-75. Peer Reviewed.

 “Realism and Expressionism in Eugene O'Neill's The Hairy Ape.” Teaching and Research. Nov., 1988. Luoyang, China.  51-56. Peer Reviewed.

“On Arthur Miller's The Death of a Salesman: A Structural Approach.” The Journal of Nanjing Teachers University. Nov., 1987 (Nanjing, China). 53-57. Peer Reviewed.

“Towards an Appraisal of the Aesthetic Value of the Tragic Novels in the 19th and Early 20th-Century European and American Literature.” The Journal of Nanjing Teachers University. March, 1987 (Nanjing, China). 25-33. Peer Reviewed.

“On the Tragic Effect of Thomas Hardy's Major Novels II.” Teaching and Research. June, 1986 (Luoyang, China). 58-63. Peer Reviewed.

“On the Tragic Effect of Thomas Hardy's Major Novels I.” Teaching and Research. March, 1986 (Luoyang, China). 28-36. Peer Reviewed.