A Taiwanese Ecoliterature Reader
An Indigenous hunter laments the decline in the flying squirrel population and reflects on how animals perceive the world. In a drought-stricken cyberpunk anytown, kids revolt against the grown-ups only to face off with stray dogs over water. Durgaing late-night diving sessions, a researcher encounters a mysterious group of ocean-dwelling people with gills. In an overpopulated future, marrying an AI spouse will raise a human’s credit score. A man follows the trail of an extinct leopard, seeking to unravel a metafictional mystery left behind by his late wife.

This anthology showcases cutting-edge works on ecological themes by essential and emerging Taiwanese authors, revealing the vitality of their engagements with environmental crises. Taiwan is a biodiversity hotspot and geopolitical flashpoint, home to both Indigenous peoples and settlers. The pieces collected in A Taiwanese Ecoliterature Reader give voice to this human and more-than-human diversity, telling tales that are disturbing yet hopeful, serious yet sensuous, speculative yet grounded, down to earth yet spanning the seas. They span Indigenous eco-writing, oceanic hybrid narratives, ecological sci-fi, and speculative Indigenous fiction. Together, these stories navigate the landscapes of Taiwanese ecoliterature, illuminating its past and pointing toward its future.
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A Taiwanese Ecoliterature Reader
An Indigenous hunter laments the decline in the flying squirrel population and reflects on how animals perceive the world. In a drought-stricken cyberpunk anytown, kids revolt against the grown-ups only to face off with stray dogs over water. Durgaing late-night diving sessions, a researcher encounters a mysterious group of ocean-dwelling people with gills. In an overpopulated future, marrying an AI spouse will raise a human’s credit score. A man follows the trail of an extinct leopard, seeking to unravel a metafictional mystery left behind by his late wife.

This anthology showcases cutting-edge works on ecological themes by essential and emerging Taiwanese authors, revealing the vitality of their engagements with environmental crises. Taiwan is a biodiversity hotspot and geopolitical flashpoint, home to both Indigenous peoples and settlers. The pieces collected in A Taiwanese Ecoliterature Reader give voice to this human and more-than-human diversity, telling tales that are disturbing yet hopeful, serious yet sensuous, speculative yet grounded, down to earth yet spanning the seas. They span Indigenous eco-writing, oceanic hybrid narratives, ecological sci-fi, and speculative Indigenous fiction. Together, these stories navigate the landscapes of Taiwanese ecoliterature, illuminating its past and pointing toward its future.
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A Taiwanese Ecoliterature Reader

A Taiwanese Ecoliterature Reader

A Taiwanese Ecoliterature Reader

A Taiwanese Ecoliterature Reader

Overview

An Indigenous hunter laments the decline in the flying squirrel population and reflects on how animals perceive the world. In a drought-stricken cyberpunk anytown, kids revolt against the grown-ups only to face off with stray dogs over water. Durgaing late-night diving sessions, a researcher encounters a mysterious group of ocean-dwelling people with gills. In an overpopulated future, marrying an AI spouse will raise a human’s credit score. A man follows the trail of an extinct leopard, seeking to unravel a metafictional mystery left behind by his late wife.

This anthology showcases cutting-edge works on ecological themes by essential and emerging Taiwanese authors, revealing the vitality of their engagements with environmental crises. Taiwan is a biodiversity hotspot and geopolitical flashpoint, home to both Indigenous peoples and settlers. The pieces collected in A Taiwanese Ecoliterature Reader give voice to this human and more-than-human diversity, telling tales that are disturbing yet hopeful, serious yet sensuous, speculative yet grounded, down to earth yet spanning the seas. They span Indigenous eco-writing, oceanic hybrid narratives, ecological sci-fi, and speculative Indigenous fiction. Together, these stories navigate the landscapes of Taiwanese ecoliterature, illuminating its past and pointing toward its future.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780231222389
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 12/23/2025
Pages: 200
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ian Rowen is an associate professor in the Institute for Advanced Study at Kyushu University. His books include Transitions in Taiwan: Stories of the White Terror (2021).

Ti-han Chang is a senior teaching fellow and the deputy director of the Centre of Taiwan Studies at SOAS, University of London. Her books include Reorienting Taiwan: Ocean, Selfhood, and the Pacific (2025).

Darryl Sterk is an associate professor of translation at Lingnan University. He has translated works by a number of Taiwanese writers, including Syaman Rapongan’s Eyes of the Ocean (Columbia, 2025).

Table of Contents

Introduction, by Ian Rowen, Ti-han Chang, and Darryl Sterk
1. “The Flying Squirrel College” from Hunter School, by Sakinu Ahronglong
Translated by Darryl Sterk
2. Eyes of the Sky (Chapter 1), by Syaman Rapongan
Translated by Kyle Shernuk
3. “Dorado” from Beggar of the Sea, by Liao Hung-chi
Translated by Eleanor Goodman
4. “I Am a Little Whale” from The Riddle of the Negrito Legend, by Wang Jia-xiang
Translated by Brian Skerratt
5. The Membranes (Chapter 3), by Chi Ta-wei
Translated by Ari Larissa Heinrich
6. Bubble War (Excerpt), by Kao Yi-feng
Translated by Ti-han Chang
7. “Tech Wife” from Human Glitches, by Lin Hsin-Hui
Translated by Ari Larissa Heinrich
8. “Cloudland” from The Land of Little Rain, by Wu Ming-yi
Translated by Catherine Xinxin Yu
9. “Raining Zebra Finches,” by Chiou Charng-ting
Translated by May Huang
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