*China Books Review* has just published my review of Yu Hua's 余华 *City of Fiction* 《文城》(2021, tr. @toddfoleywrites, 2025). "Along with other contemporary Chinese works with such graphic violence, Yu’s novel does political work by purging the traumas of China’s bloody 20th century." […]

*China Books Review* has just published my review of Yu Hua's 余华 *City of Fiction* 《文城》(2021, tr. @toddfoleywrites, 2025). "Along with other contemporary Chinese works with such graphic violence, Yu’s novel does political work by purging the traumas of China’s bloody 20th century." […]

My #reviews and #essays in *Cha: An Asian Literary Journal* @asiancha #china / #literature / #politics https://chajournal.blog/category/sabina-knight/

The Foreign Service Journal has published my requiem for the Voice of America. https://afsa.org/sites/default/files/flipping_book/040525/10/index.html

"#requiem for a #tree" by Amy Stewart https://amystewart.substack.com/p/requiem-for-a-tree EXCERPT: “Poor doomed #tree,” I said [of the cedar now scheduled to be removed]. “I bet it doesn’t know why it has a ribbon around it.” “It probably thinks it’s getting a plaque,” [my husband] said. Oh […]

Greetings! I'm a #China expert. Broadly speaking, I work in these areas: - Ethnic Minorities - Human Rights - Intellectual History - #Literature / Language - Memory / Identity - Society and #Culture These areas are those listed on my profile as a fellow in the […] [Original post on zirk.us]

My #reviews and #essays in *Cha: An Asian Literary Journal* @asiancha #china / #literature / #politics https://chajournal.blog/category/sabina-knight/

New Year's #Resolutions 1) #sleep more. 2) #walk outside earlier, in morning (to improve sleep) 3) *Off* screens ≤ 10:00 p.m. (to improve sleep) 4) After screen time, practice #TaiChi (to improve sleep) 5) After taiji 太極, journal worries (to improve sleep) 6) After journaling, read more […]

Hop into a Happy New Year! #watercolor by @SabinaKnight

"It is easy to be certain. One has only to be sufficiently vague." –– Charles Sanders #peirce Striving for completeness may lead to posts that may feel "out of place," as @the_roamer has written. #drawing by #charlessanderspeirce h/t ‪Chris Campbell‬ ‪@ekaelement.bsky.social‬ ( on #bluesky )

"There are still a few weeks left in the year (though December is generally a quiet month for #book #proposals), but it looks like I’m going to close out 2024 with around 80% of total book proposals coming from #men, 18% from #women, and 2% from persons whose gender was not apparent/obvious." […]