HeyJaredCold Window Newsletter
Reading, recommending, and reporting on new literature from China.
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CWN#15: The best Chinese short fiction of 2026 (so far) (opens the original)
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Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, and welcome back to the Cold Window Newsletter. Sampling all the new short fiction collections published in mainland China has become one of my favorite traditions on this newsletter. Read on to hear about my favorites from 2026 so far: sentient silverfish, apartment complex noir, and groundbreaking authors under the age of 30.Reminder: I hold a monthly internet literature book club in my free subscriber chat, which is a great way to gain some insight into the most imp
CWN#14.5: An Anglophone reader’s guide to China’s best literary award (opens the original)
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Welcome back to the Cold Window Newsletter. Normally I put a ton of thought into these posts, but I’m currently neck-deep in the dozens and dozens of hours of reading it takes to put together my semiannual Best Fiction roundup posts, and I feel like being a little reckless. So, below, please enjoy some off-the-cuff reactions to the recently announced longlist for my favorite literary award in China, complete with (totally unfounded) predictions for the winners and links to where Anglophone reade
CWN#14: The Dilemma of State-Sponsored Translation // Biting New Sci-Fi // New Novel Rapid Rundown (opens the original)
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Welcome back to the Cold Window Newsletter! In this issue, some thoughts on a new Chinese state initiative to promote young writers; two novelists skewering contemporary work culture through science fiction; and a quick rundown of major new Chinese novels by Cold Window favorites.If you’re interested in our newly launched internet literature book club, remember to join the free subscriber chat! We’re blitzing through short chunks of novels from many different genres (this month we’re reading Aft
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