Queens Things #1: Little Bowl 皇后区大事小情#1：小碗
Little Bowl isa short story written by Qiwen Guang, and translated by Qianfan Gu. In the story, libraries in memory and imagination serve both as backdrops and companions for the diasporic protagonist. And it is within the linguistically diverse collections of the Queens Public Library that the two librarians—a mother and daughter, find solace, belonging, and deeper understanding of each other. Little Bowl is the inaugural issue of Queens Things.
Qiwen Guang started writing in her native language in 2023. She is fictitious, living in Qianfan Gu’s mind, who currently resides in Queens, New York.
Qianfan Gu is a bilingual art critic, translator, and editor. Her writings have appeared in Art Forum and Art Forum China, Spike Art Magazine, BLAU International, Art in America, Life Weekly, The Paper, among others. In 2019, she was awarded the Special Honorable Mention of the AICA (International Association of Art Critics) Young Art Critic Incentive Award. She is also the co-founding publisher of Gong Press.
Queens Things is an imprint for collaborative, multilingual, and serial artists’ books, inspired by and devoted to the local yet worldly everyday life of Queens, New York. Initiated by Chang Yuchen in 2024, Queens Things received generous support from Queens Arts Fund New Work Grant.
How Many Books is a one person press by Chang Yuchen, where she holds the work of others in book form. The first publication by How Many Books is Jin Mei (jm).
《小碗》是由广七文创作、顾虔凡翻译的小说。小说中，记忆中和想象中的图书馆不仅是场景，也是主人公在离散生活中的陪伴。而故事中的两个图书馆员——一对母女——是因着皇后区公共图书馆语种丰富的藏书而找到了慰藉、归属感、以及对彼此更深的理解。《小碗》是“皇后区大事小情”的第一本出版物。
广七文，2023年开始用母语写作。她是虚构的，盘踞在顾虔凡的脑海里，现居纽约皇后区。
顾虔凡是一名中英双语的艺评人、翻译与编辑。她的文章散见于《Art Forum》及其中文网、《Spike》、《BLAU International》、《Art in America》、《三联生活周刊》、《澎湃》等等。2019年，她曾获AICA国际艺术评论家协会的青年艺评人激励奖之特别荣誉奖。她还是“弓出版”的联合创始出版人。
“皇后区大事小情”是合作的、多语种的、系列性的艺术家书。它植根于并奉献给既本土又世界的纽约市皇后区。“皇后区大事小情”由常羽辰在2024年发起，并受到皇后区艺术基金会新作奖的支持。
“多少书”是常羽辰一个人的出版社 ，以纸页的形式触摸他人的创作。“多少书”的第一本出版物是《晋美》。
Little Bowl isa short story written by Qiwen Guang, and translated by Qianfan Gu. In the story, libraries in memory and imagination serve both as backdrops and companions for the diasporic protagonist. And it is within the linguistically diverse collections of the Queens Public Library that the two librarians—a mother and daughter, find solace, belonging, and deeper understanding of each other. Little Bowl is the inaugural issue of Queens Things.
Qiwen Guang started writing in her native language in 2023. She is fictitious, living in Qianfan Gu’s mind, who currently resides in Queens, New York.
Qianfan Gu is a bilingual art critic, translator, and editor. Her writings have appeared in Art Forum and Art Forum China, Spike Art Magazine, BLAU International, Art in America, Life Weekly, The Paper, among others. In 2019, she was awarded the Special Honorable Mention of the AICA (International Association of Art Critics) Young Art Critic Incentive Award. She is also the co-founding publisher of Gong Press.
Queens Things is an imprint for collaborative, multilingual, and serial artists’ books, inspired by and devoted to the local yet worldly everyday life of Queens, New York. Initiated by Chang Yuchen in 2024, Queens Things received generous support from Queens Arts Fund New Work Grant.
How Many Books is a one person press by Chang Yuchen, where she holds the work of others in book form. The first publication by How Many Books is Jin Mei (jm).
《小碗》是由广七文创作、顾虔凡翻译的小说。小说中，记忆中和想象中的图书馆不仅是场景，也是主人公在离散生活中的陪伴。而故事中的两个图书馆员——一对母女——是因着皇后区公共图书馆语种丰富的藏书而找到了慰藉、归属感、以及对彼此更深的理解。《小碗》是“皇后区大事小情”的第一本出版物。
广七文，2023年开始用母语写作。她是虚构的，盘踞在顾虔凡的脑海里，现居纽约皇后区。
顾虔凡是一名中英双语的艺评人、翻译与编辑。她的文章散见于《Art Forum》及其中文网、《Spike》、《BLAU International》、《Art in America》、《三联生活周刊》、《澎湃》等等。2019年，她曾获AICA国际艺术评论家协会的青年艺评人激励奖之特别荣誉奖。她还是“弓出版”的联合创始出版人。
“皇后区大事小情”是合作的、多语种的、系列性的艺术家书。它植根于并奉献给既本土又世界的纽约市皇后区。“皇后区大事小情”由常羽辰在2024年发起，并受到皇后区艺术基金会新作奖的支持。
“多少书”是常羽辰一个人的出版社 ，以纸页的形式触摸他人的创作。“多少书”的第一本出版物是《晋美》。
Little Bowl isa short story written by Qiwen Guang, and translated by Qianfan Gu. In the story, libraries in memory and imagination serve both as backdrops and companions for the diasporic protagonist. And it is within the linguistically diverse collections of the Queens Public Library that the two librarians—a mother and daughter, find solace, belonging, and deeper understanding of each other. Little Bowl is the inaugural issue of Queens Things.
Qiwen Guang started writing in her native language in 2023. She is fictitious, living in Qianfan Gu’s mind, who currently resides in Queens, New York.
Qianfan Gu is a bilingual art critic, translator, and editor. Her writings have appeared in Art Forum and Art Forum China, Spike Art Magazine, BLAU International, Art in America, Life Weekly, The Paper, among others. In 2019, she was awarded the Special Honorable Mention of the AICA (International Association of Art Critics) Young Art Critic Incentive Award. She is also the co-founding publisher of Gong Press.
Queens Things is an imprint for collaborative, multilingual, and serial artists’ books, inspired by and devoted to the local yet worldly everyday life of Queens, New York. Initiated by Chang Yuchen in 2024, Queens Things received generous support from Queens Arts Fund New Work Grant.
How Many Books is a one person press by Chang Yuchen, where she holds the work of others in book form. The first publication by How Many Books is Jin Mei (jm).
《小碗》是由广七文创作、顾虔凡翻译的小说。小说中，记忆中和想象中的图书馆不仅是场景，也是主人公在离散生活中的陪伴。而故事中的两个图书馆员——一对母女——是因着皇后区公共图书馆语种丰富的藏书而找到了慰藉、归属感、以及对彼此更深的理解。《小碗》是“皇后区大事小情”的第一本出版物。
广七文，2023年开始用母语写作。她是虚构的，盘踞在顾虔凡的脑海里，现居纽约皇后区。
顾虔凡是一名中英双语的艺评人、翻译与编辑。她的文章散见于《Art Forum》及其中文网、《Spike》、《BLAU International》、《Art in America》、《三联生活周刊》、《澎湃》等等。2019年，她曾获AICA国际艺术评论家协会的青年艺评人激励奖之特别荣誉奖。她还是“弓出版”的联合创始出版人。
“皇后区大事小情”是合作的、多语种的、系列性的艺术家书。它植根于并奉献给既本土又世界的纽约市皇后区。“皇后区大事小情”由常羽辰在2024年发起，并受到皇后区艺术基金会新作奖的支持。
“多少书”是常羽辰一个人的出版社 ，以纸页的形式触摸他人的创作。“多少书”的第一本出版物是《晋美》。