Editorial Team

Every article on this site is attributed. This page lists the people who write and review our work.

Writers

Lin Wei — long-form criticism on twentieth-century fiction. Reads Chinese and English novels in parallel; most interested in how a book survives its own reputation. See all articles by Lin Wei.

Chen Mu — non-fiction and history. Writes about how large ideas are compressed for general readers, and what is lost in the process. See all articles by Chen Mu.

Reviewers

Reviewers check factual claims, sourcing and structure before publication. They are credited on each article they review and are named in the article’s structured data.

How to join

We commission a small number of outside writers each quarter. Write to us via the contact page with two published samples.