Ye Chun is a bilingual Chinese American writer and literary translator. Her novel, Straw Dogs of the Universe (Catapult, 2023), was longlisted for the 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and was named a Washington Post’s Notable Work of Fiction of 2023. Her collection of stories, Hao (Catapult, 2021), was a Lit Hub's Best Book of 2021, New York Public Library's Best Book of 2021, an Electric Lit's Favorite Short Story Collection of 2021, and was longlisted for the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. She is also the author of two books of poetry, Travel over Water and Lantern Puzzle; a novel in Chinese, 《海上的桃树》 (Peach Tree in the Sea); and four volumes of translations. A recipient of an NEA Fellowship, a Sustainable Arts Foundation Award, and three Pushcart Prizes, she is an associate professor at Providence College and lives in Providence, Rhode Island.

photo Mira Feifei Ye-Flanagan