Xu Xu’s Bird Talk – Interview with Professor Frederik Green

Xu Xu is a writer who was very famous in the 1930’s and 1940’s. He lived in China until 1949, he was one of the country’s most important writers during this period. Then, after the victory of the CCP, he, fearing for his safety, left for Hong Kong. He continued to write but drifted into obscurity. Professor Frederik Green at San Francisco State University published a translation of his work with Stone Bridge Press. The book is titled Bird Talk and Other Stories by Xu Xu: Modern Tales of a Chinese Romantic Today’s podcast is a fantastic interview with Professor Green.