Conversation with Jenna Tang, translator of "Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise"

Join AMES and APSI for a conversation with Jenna Tang, translator of Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise. A reception follows the public talk.

About the book:

Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise has been described as "The most influential book of Taiwan's #MeToo movement—a heartbreaking account of sexual violence and a remarkable reinvention of the trauma plot, turning the traditional Lolita narrative upside down as it explores women's vulnerability, victimization, and the lengths they will go to survive."

About the speaker:

Jenna Tang is a Taiwanese writer, educator, and translator who translates between Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, French, and English. She received her MFA in Creative Writing from The New School. Her translations and essays are published in The Paris Review, Latin American Literature Today, AAWW, Catapult, Mcsweeney's, and elsewhere. She translated Lin Yi-Han's novel, Fang Si-Chi's First Love Paradise, one of the most iconic #MeToo movement titles from Taiwan.