Yilin (she/they) @ check out The Lantern and the Night Moths
@yilinwriter.bsky.social
Writer/Poet. Editor & translator, The Lantern and the Night Moths (Invisible Publishing 2024). Clarion West '21. ace 🏳️🌈. linktr.ee/yilinw
Not as far as I know, but there's a long 耕读传家 tradition. My grandpa's grandpa was a 私塾老师 and the oldest ancestor listed was supposed to have held office.
My understanding of Chinese history is not strong enough to parse what he was doing
My understanding of Chinese history is not strong enough to parse what he was doing
December 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Not as far as I know, but there's a long 耕读传家 tradition. My grandpa's grandpa was a 私塾老师 and the oldest ancestor listed was supposed to have held office.
My understanding of Chinese history is not strong enough to parse what he was doing
My understanding of Chinese history is not strong enough to parse what he was doing
I finally made it back to my hometown in China after 7 years away. And among the photo albums my late uncle kept for me from my late maternal grandpa's belongings... I found a copy of his family genealogy book (now mine 😂) that traces our ancestors back to 1372 🤯
December 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I finally made it back to my hometown in China after 7 years away. And among the photo albums my late uncle kept for me from my late maternal grandpa's belongings... I found a copy of his family genealogy book (now mine 😂) that traces our ancestors back to 1372 🤯
Yes, I guess I have unlocked a new role as a... librettist?
Coming in 2026 😁 More news soon when I have it
www.tangramsound.com/chronicle
Coming in 2026 😁 More news soon when I have it
www.tangramsound.com/chronicle
December 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Yes, I guess I have unlocked a new role as a... librettist?
Coming in 2026 😁 More news soon when I have it
www.tangramsound.com/chronicle
Coming in 2026 😁 More news soon when I have it
www.tangramsound.com/chronicle
Guys I am ready for the training camp and Daoist temple stay
Look what I bought 😂
the book's title is 中国古代导师生活 The Life of Ancient Chinese Daoists and it came from a book shelf section named 道教神仙学（Daoism-the study of immortal deities/Xian) 😂
Look what I bought 😂
the book's title is 中国古代导师生活 The Life of Ancient Chinese Daoists and it came from a book shelf section named 道教神仙学（Daoism-the study of immortal deities/Xian) 😂
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Guys I am ready for the training camp and Daoist temple stay
Look what I bought 😂
the book's title is 中国古代导师生活 The Life of Ancient Chinese Daoists and it came from a book shelf section named 道教神仙学（Daoism-the study of immortal deities/Xian) 😂
Look what I bought 😂
the book's title is 中国古代导师生活 The Life of Ancient Chinese Daoists and it came from a book shelf section named 道教神仙学（Daoism-the study of immortal deities/Xian) 😂
Hope to see folks in Singapore at this event!
Translating In-Betweenness:
Readings and Discussions: Diaspora, Gender, and Literary Translation
Yilin Wang, Max Pasakorn, Sherice Ngaserin
Date: 22. 11. 2025 (Saturday)
Time: 4-5:30pm
City Book Room
387 Joo Chiat Rd, #03-02
The Modules, S427623
Translating In-Betweenness:
Readings and Discussions: Diaspora, Gender, and Literary Translation
Yilin Wang, Max Pasakorn, Sherice Ngaserin
Date: 22. 11. 2025 (Saturday)
Time: 4-5:30pm
City Book Room
387 Joo Chiat Rd, #03-02
The Modules, S427623
November 14, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Hope to see folks in Singapore at this event!
Translating In-Betweenness:
Readings and Discussions: Diaspora, Gender, and Literary Translation
Yilin Wang, Max Pasakorn, Sherice Ngaserin
Date: 22. 11. 2025 (Saturday)
Time: 4-5:30pm
City Book Room
387 Joo Chiat Rd, #03-02
The Modules, S427623
Translating In-Betweenness:
Readings and Discussions: Diaspora, Gender, and Literary Translation
Yilin Wang, Max Pasakorn, Sherice Ngaserin
Date: 22. 11. 2025 (Saturday)
Time: 4-5:30pm
City Book Room
387 Joo Chiat Rd, #03-02
The Modules, S427623
I will be at National Taiwan Normal University 师大 to do a class visit at the Graduate Institute of Translation and Interpretation on Thursday. I'll be sharing some translations of all five poets including in The Lantern and the Night Moths, and discussing poetry translation.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I will be at National Taiwan Normal University 师大 to do a class visit at the Graduate Institute of Translation and Interpretation on Thursday. I'll be sharing some translations of all five poets including in The Lantern and the Night Moths, and discussing poetry translation.
It is the 150th year anniversary of Qiu Jin's birth. It is an honor to translate the work of this amazing feminist poet. Just want to take some time today to honor her memory 💐
November 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
It is the 150th year anniversary of Qiu Jin's birth. It is an honor to translate the work of this amazing feminist poet. Just want to take some time today to honor her memory 💐
Good to see the protests from trans groups against transphobia at the main pride today as well. And of course, free free free Palestine.
October 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Good to see the protests from trans groups against transphobia at the main pride today as well. And of course, free free free Palestine.
Photos from the trans pride and the main pride in Taipei. One of my bucket list items was to attend pride in Asia. It was great to attend trans pride with friends and also meet a bunch of ace, aro, and genderqueer folks at the main pride today. My feet are so sore from the 2-hour long parade.
October 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Photos from the trans pride and the main pride in Taipei. One of my bucket list items was to attend pride in Asia. It was great to attend trans pride with friends and also meet a bunch of ace, aro, and genderqueer folks at the main pride today. My feet are so sore from the 2-hour long parade.
For folks in Taipei, I will be doing an event at NCCU tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon. Please share with folks may be interested. I will have a small number of my books on sale.
October 20, 2025 at 1:50 AM
For folks in Taipei, I will be doing an event at NCCU tomorrow (Tuesday) afternoon. Please share with folks may be interested. I will have a small number of my books on sale.
Just got settled in today and will be the writer-in-residence at Taiwan Literature Base for the next 3 weeks! Sign up for all three of my events are already full (thank you folks for the enthusiasm), but I will also be doing some additional events in Oct/Nov which I will post about.
October 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Just got settled in today and will be the writer-in-residence at Taiwan Literature Base for the next 3 weeks! Sign up for all three of my events are already full (thank you folks for the enthusiasm), but I will also be doing some additional events in Oct/Nov which I will post about.
我好像在台北找到了武穆遗书😂 射雕里所有武林高手都在寻求的那本
October 9, 2025 at 12:26 AM
我好像在台北找到了武穆遗书😂 射雕里所有武林高手都在寻求的那本
I read Qiu Jin's "Feminist Anthem," which originally appeared in the newspaper in front of the building, in Mandarin/English. I translated the lyrics last year for Tangram as a part of their play about Qiu Jin and Afong Moy. It means the world to be able to visit a site connected to Qiu Jin.
September 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I read Qiu Jin's "Feminist Anthem," which originally appeared in the newspaper in front of the building, in Mandarin/English. I translated the lyrics last year for Tangram as a part of their play about Qiu Jin and Afong Moy. It means the world to be able to visit a site connected to Qiu Jin.
I am so happy I got to meet up with @eileenchongpoet.bsky.social in person at last.
Eileen also tagged along while I went and looked for the site of Qiu Jin's China Women's Newspaper 中国女报 in an alley of Shanghai.
Eileen also tagged along while I went and looked for the site of Qiu Jin's China Women's Newspaper 中国女报 in an alley of Shanghai.
September 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I am so happy I got to meet up with @eileenchongpoet.bsky.social in person at last.
Eileen also tagged along while I went and looked for the site of Qiu Jin's China Women's Newspaper 中国女报 in an alley of Shanghai.
Eileen also tagged along while I went and looked for the site of Qiu Jin's China Women's Newspaper 中国女报 in an alley of Shanghai.
Treated myself to some very fancy sushi to celebrate a bunch of milestones: finishing translations of a catalogue for a major Canadian museum, finishing stage 1 of a confidential consult for a super cool and well-known game, and also signing a contract to write my first libretto!
August 14, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Treated myself to some very fancy sushi to celebrate a bunch of milestones: finishing translations of a catalogue for a major Canadian museum, finishing stage 1 of a confidential consult for a super cool and well-known game, and also signing a contract to write my first libretto!
I had so much fun this evening watching King Hu's film 笑傲江湖/Swordsman (as a part of some curated events for an art exhibit in Richmond). Then there was a discussion between the curator Rebecca Wang and Dr. Helena Wu about Jin Yong adaptations, the jianghu, and wuxia literature.
August 1, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I had so much fun this evening watching King Hu's film 笑傲江湖/Swordsman (as a part of some curated events for an art exhibit in Richmond). Then there was a discussion between the curator Rebecca Wang and Dr. Helena Wu about Jin Yong adaptations, the jianghu, and wuxia literature.
"It’s a network of hidden-camera footage featuring Chinese women — filmed without their consent in private and public spaces like cafés, dressing rooms, clinics, subways, and even their own homes.
🚨 Over 600,000 users are reportedly part of this network."
www.reddit.com/r/Feminism/c...
🚨 Over 600,000 users are reportedly part of this network."
www.reddit.com/r/Feminism/c...
July 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
"It’s a network of hidden-camera footage featuring Chinese women — filmed without their consent in private and public spaces like cafés, dressing rooms, clinics, subways, and even their own homes.
🚨 Over 600,000 users are reportedly part of this network."
www.reddit.com/r/Feminism/c...
🚨 Over 600,000 users are reportedly part of this network."
www.reddit.com/r/Feminism/c...
This should be all over English media right now!! Please do not look away.
The people doing this to women are using platforms like Telegram and it needs to be stopped. It's so horrifying.
The people doing this to women are using platforms like Telegram and it needs to be stopped. It's so horrifying.
July 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This should be all over English media right now!! Please do not look away.
The people doing this to women are using platforms like Telegram and it needs to be stopped. It's so horrifying.
The people doing this to women are using platforms like Telegram and it needs to be stopped. It's so horrifying.
I'm glad to see more discussions about issues with waiving moral rights. Keeping moral rights is also the one main way that translators can contractually protect themselves from cases of not being credited and/or inappropriate rewriting.
www.sfwa.org/2025/07/03/m...
www.sfwa.org/2025/07/03/m...
July 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I'm glad to see more discussions about issues with waiving moral rights. Keeping moral rights is also the one main way that translators can contractually protect themselves from cases of not being credited and/or inappropriate rewriting.
www.sfwa.org/2025/07/03/m...
www.sfwa.org/2025/07/03/m...
some images of the said sword - okay i get it looks like the real deal, but the blades are very much unsharpened. it's only a weapon in the sense you can probably hit someone with it because it's heavy... 😅
July 3, 2025 at 2:58 AM
some images of the said sword - okay i get it looks like the real deal, but the blades are very much unsharpened. it's only a weapon in the sense you can probably hit someone with it because it's heavy... 😅
More books: fiction writing, wuxia folklore and research, Chinese martial arts/weaponry, out-of-print English translation of Jin Yong's Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain, art-related books
Two of the books are in Traditional Chinese (see alt), one is in English
Will have more English books later
Two of the books are in Traditional Chinese (see alt), one is in English
Will have more English books later
June 19, 2025 at 2:05 AM
More books: fiction writing, wuxia folklore and research, Chinese martial arts/weaponry, out-of-print English translation of Jin Yong's Fox Volant of the Snowy Mountain, art-related books
Two of the books are in Traditional Chinese (see alt), one is in English
Will have more English books later
Two of the books are in Traditional Chinese (see alt), one is in English
Will have more English books later
I am selling a bunch of second-hand Chinese books.
Classical Chinese, poetry, creative writing, women's history, geography, travel, etc.
Pick up in Vancouver or I can mail it if you can cover shipping.
(Please actually show up because I was ghosted twice today...)
Classical Chinese, poetry, creative writing, women's history, geography, travel, etc.
Pick up in Vancouver or I can mail it if you can cover shipping.
(Please actually show up because I was ghosted twice today...)
June 19, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I am selling a bunch of second-hand Chinese books.
Classical Chinese, poetry, creative writing, women's history, geography, travel, etc.
Pick up in Vancouver or I can mail it if you can cover shipping.
(Please actually show up because I was ghosted twice today...)
Classical Chinese, poetry, creative writing, women's history, geography, travel, etc.
Pick up in Vancouver or I can mail it if you can cover shipping.
(Please actually show up because I was ghosted twice today...)
June 15, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I can't believe that the Translation Review published this article praising the use of chatgpt for translating Classical Chinese poetry?!?!?!
June 15, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I can't believe that the Translation Review published this article praising the use of chatgpt for translating Classical Chinese poetry?!?!?!