Queens Things #1: Little Bowl 皇后区大事小情#1：小碗
Queens Things #1: Little Bowl 皇后区大事小情#1：小碗
Little Bowl is a 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 publishing platform by Chang Yuchen, where she holds the work of others in book form. The first publication by How Many Books is Jin Mei (jm).
