Shu Ning Sciban received her Ph.D in Chinese literature from the University of Toronto, and currently is an assistant professor at the University of Calgary. Her ongoing research includes contemporary fiction by Chinese women and an English translation anthology of Wang Wenxing's short stories and essays, co edited with Fred Edwards. Fred Edwards majored in Chinese Studies at the University of Toronto. He currently is a copy editor at The Toronto Star.

The latest high-quality volume to be published in the Cornell East Asia Series. The informative historical framework offered in the introduction is essential to the reader's understanding of the freedoms accorded women from the 1920s to the 1990s. Dragonflies is highly recommended for its historical, ethical, and aesthetic approach to women's matters, women's sensitivities, and their poetry.(World Literature Today) An interesting and helpful addition to the existing collections of modern Chinese fiction.(China Review International)

Shu Ning Sciban received her Ph.D in Chinese literature from the University of Toronto, and currently is an assistant professor at the University of Calgary. Her ongoing research includes contemporary fiction by Chinese women and an English translation anthology of Wang Wenxing's short stories and essays, co edited with Fred Edwards. Fred Edwards majored in Chinese Studies at the University of Toronto. He currently is a copy editor at The Toronto Star.

The latest high-quality volume to be published in the Cornell East Asia Series. The informative historical framework offered in the introduction is essential to the reader's understanding of the freedoms accorded women from the 1920s to the 1990s. Dragonflies is highly recommended for its historical, ethical, and aesthetic approach to women's matters, women's sensitivities, and their poetry.(World Literature Today) An interesting and helpful addition to the existing collections of modern Chinese fiction.(China Review International)

Shu Ning Sciban received her Ph.D in Chinese literature from the University of Toronto, and currently is an assistant professor at the University of Calgary. Her ongoing research includes contemporary fiction by Chinese women and an English translation anthology of Wang Wenxing's short stories and essays, co edited with Fred Edwards. Fred Edwards majored in Chinese Studies at the University of Toronto. He currently is a copy editor at The Toronto Star.

The latest high-quality volume to be published in the Cornell East Asia Series. The informative historical framework offered in the introduction is essential to the reader's understanding of the freedoms accorded women from the 1920s to the 1990s. Dragonflies is highly recommended for its historical, ethical, and aesthetic approach to women's matters, women's sensitivities, and their poetry.(World Literature Today) An interesting and helpful addition to the existing collections of modern Chinese fiction.(China Review International)