A Broad and Ample Road

A Golden Age of Taiwanese Literature

Plus: Our new favorite band, Tsng-kha-lâng (裝咖人)

Jul 6 • Michelle Kuo, Albert Wu, and Broad and Ample Road

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June 2026

Memories Frozen in Time: Taiwanese Prisoners of War in the Siberian camps

A film about intergenerational silence, male loneliness, decolonization, and the redemptive power of younger generations.

Jun 14 • Albert Wu, Michelle Kuo, and Broad and Ample Road

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May 2026

Photo Essay: Guest Post by Eric Hsu

Plus, congratulations to Yang Shuangzi & Lin King, event this Thursday with Plain Law & Khí-Sū, and good links!

May 24 • Albert Wu, Eric Hsu, and Michelle Kuo

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An Interview with Translator Kevin Wang

Part 2 of an interview with Kevin Wang, who talks about making a life in Taiwan, code-switching, translating Du Fu, and being Chinese American here…

May 18 • Michelle Kuo, Albert Wu, and Broad and Ample Road

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April 2026

Spent Bullets: An Interview with Translator Kevin Wang

Pt. 1 of an interview with Kevin Wang, who talks about translation, kink, Go, and the costs of meritocracy.

Apr 26 • Michelle Kuo, Albert Wu, and Broad and Ample Road

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March 2026

Found in Translation: A Review of Taiwan Travelogue, Longlisted for the Booker

And, recap of events with Stephen Sawyer and Grace Loh Prasad

Mar 8 • Michelle Kuo, Broad and Ample Road, and Albert Wu

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February 2026

Happy New Year!

Alysa Liu brings joy; the dazzling Taipei Book Fair; Lorraine Daston visits Taiwan; and other things that give us hope in the Year of the Horse

Feb 22 • Albert Wu, Michelle Kuo, and Broad and Ample Road

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January 2026

When Men Kill

ICE terror in the U.S. and a violent stabbing in Taipei; plus a discussion with author Grace Loh Prasad at Bookman Books on Tuesday (tomorrow) at 19:30

Jan 19 • Albert Wu, Michelle Kuo, and Broad and Ample Road

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December 2025

Reading Middlemarch: Coming into Middle Age

Plus, a recap of events in November and book club details

Dec 14, 2025 • Michelle Kuo and Albert Wu

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November 2025

A Poignant Event Mourns Taiwan's Execution of an Innocent Man

Plus, our upcoming events in Taipei; and, a shout-out to our friend Eric Chung, who's running for office in Michigan

Nov 3, 2025 • Broad and Ample Road, Michelle Kuo, and Albert Wu

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October 2025

FilmStack Inspiration Challenge Day 63: Two Takes of Contemporary Taiwan

We recommend two marvelous Taiwanese films, On Happiness Road and Au Revoir Taipei; plus a panel this week on Invisible Nation

Oct 19, 2025 • Albert Wu, Michelle Kuo, and Broad and Ample Road

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Inspired by "Shovel Heroes"; Plus, Three Taiwanese Stories About the Death Penalty

And: upcoming events with Carol Steiker, scholar & death penalty abolitionist, New Bloom, and Invisible Nation event

Oct 12, 2025 • Michelle Kuo, Albert Wu, and Broad and Ample Road

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