This post brings back fond memories of #readingthestone during the pandemic.
January 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This post brings back fond memories of #readingthestone during the pandemic.
Inspired by @chowleen.bsky.social's #readingthestone and @bokane.org's incredible Zotero bibliography, getting ready to start my Honglou meng seminar this semester!
January 10, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Inspired by @chowleen.bsky.social's #readingthestone and @bokane.org's incredible Zotero bibliography, getting ready to start my Honglou meng seminar this semester!
I just miss shitposting about Jia Zheng. Maybe it’s time for another cycle of #readingthestone
November 11, 2024 at 2:34 AM
I just miss shitposting about Jia Zheng. Maybe it’s time for another cycle of #readingthestone
And of course, the #ReadingTheStone website has all the resources the group compiled:
Resources
sites.duke.edu
July 12, 2026 at 11:20 AM
And of course, the #ReadingTheStone website has all the resources the group compiled:
Just saw @shellyk.bsky.social also asked too! Time for a movie chat revival of #Readingthestone :)
February 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Just saw @shellyk.bsky.social also asked too! Time for a movie chat revival of #Readingthestone :)
Yes, for me as well! I did ask Waiyee if she’d be game for #readingthestone part 2 - #readingthefan (#readingthepeach?)
This brought on a wave of nostalgia for the HLM group in the golden age of the other place. A revival with Waiyee's 桃花扇 would be nice if you ever have the time🙄.
December 14, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Yes, for me as well! I did ask Waiyee if she’d be game for #readingthestone part 2 - #readingthefan (#readingthepeach?)
Happy new year, Eileen! I don’t think I ever thanked you - adequately, at least - for putting together #ReadingTheStone. It was a model of what scholarship should and still could be.
December 31, 2023 at 4:18 PM
Happy new year, Eileen! I don’t think I ever thanked you - adequately, at least - for putting together #ReadingTheStone. It was a model of what scholarship should and still could be.
"Sometimes digging deep into old classic texts is the most contemporary, and necessary kind of mental and moral activity one can muster."
Still true.
This exchange between @shellyk.bsky.social and me from three years ago today popped up - #ReadingTheStone was such a lovely experience.
Still true.
This exchange between @shellyk.bsky.social and me from three years ago today popped up - #ReadingTheStone was such a lovely experience.
January 28, 2026 at 9:45 PM
"Sometimes digging deep into old classic texts is the most contemporary, and necessary kind of mental and moral activity one can muster."
Still true.
This exchange between @shellyk.bsky.social and me from three years ago today popped up - #ReadingTheStone was such a lovely experience.
Still true.
This exchange between @shellyk.bsky.social and me from three years ago today popped up - #ReadingTheStone was such a lovely experience.
I wish a great 2024 for you both... and I hope it does include a new reading project. #readingthestone was the the internet at its best. Thank you.
January 1, 2024 at 5:29 PM
I wish a great 2024 for you both... and I hope it does include a new reading project. #readingthestone was the the internet at its best. Thank you.
I’m starting Story of the Stone in one of my classes tomorrow and just finished happily immersing myself in Ch 1 again. It’s always time for #readingthestone!!
November 11, 2024 at 2:48 AM
I’m starting Story of the Stone in one of my classes tomorrow and just finished happily immersing myself in Ch 1 again. It’s always time for #readingthestone!!
I will be in Princeton next week for the public defense of Tsz-kit Yim's fine dissertation on "Classical Chinese Novels and Global Media Climate: Ecological Form, Affective World-Making, and Infrastructural Network" - join us if you happen to be on campus!
#readingthestone
#readingthestone
April 18, 2024 at 3:01 AM
I will be in Princeton next week for the public defense of Tsz-kit Yim's fine dissertation on "Classical Chinese Novels and Global Media Climate: Ecological Form, Affective World-Making, and Infrastructural Network" - join us if you happen to be on campus!
#readingthestone
#readingthestone
I don't think @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social podcast #UnburiedBooks, hosted by fabulous duo Kassia Oset & Dylan Cuellar, is on Bluesky?
Waiyee and I had a great time revisiting our #readingthestone days when we spoke with them last month! Part I of their convo: unburied-books.castos.com/episodes/tea...
Waiyee and I had a great time revisiting our #readingthestone days when we spoke with them last month! Part I of their convo: unburied-books.castos.com/episodes/tea...
December 13, 2024 at 10:24 PM
I don't think @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social podcast #UnburiedBooks, hosted by fabulous duo Kassia Oset & Dylan Cuellar, is on Bluesky?
Waiyee and I had a great time revisiting our #readingthestone days when we spoke with them last month! Part I of their convo: unburied-books.castos.com/episodes/tea...
Waiyee and I had a great time revisiting our #readingthestone days when we spoke with them last month! Part I of their convo: unburied-books.castos.com/episodes/tea...
Thank you for your kind words, Brendan! you were such an integral part of our group, and got us all started in the right, nerdy ways. I have a new idea for the new year, will run it by you soon! #readingthestone
Happy new year, Eileen! I don’t think I ever thanked you - adequately, at least - for putting together #ReadingTheStone. It was a model of what scholarship should and still could be.
January 1, 2024 at 12:22 AM
Thank you for your kind words, Brendan! you were such an integral part of our group, and got us all started in the right, nerdy ways. I have a new idea for the new year, will run it by you soon! #readingthestone
have a lovely time home Rachel! The Shipping Forecast always reminds me of my friend Kate, who was a ship captain (she was the #readingthestone participant who would dial in via satellite phone when she was at sea)
December 12, 2024 at 3:08 PM
have a lovely time home Rachel! The Shipping Forecast always reminds me of my friend Kate, who was a ship captain (she was the #readingthestone participant who would dial in via satellite phone when she was at sea)
Here's one for Dream of the Red Chamber, created by Handan Bao for the #ReadingtheStone project last year hosted by
@chowleen.bsky.social , Ann Waltner, and Wai-yee Li.
expeditionsail.com/hongloumeng/
@chowleen.bsky.social , Ann Waltner, and Wai-yee Li.
expeditionsail.com/hongloumeng/
Hongloumeng - Dream of the Red Chamber - Story of the Stone Pronunciation Guide
Hongloumeng Character Pronunciation and Descriptions
expeditionsail.com
September 19, 2023 at 1:56 PM
Here's one for Dream of the Red Chamber, created by Handan Bao for the #ReadingtheStone project last year hosted by
@chowleen.bsky.social , Ann Waltner, and Wai-yee Li.
expeditionsail.com/hongloumeng/
@chowleen.bsky.social , Ann Waltner, and Wai-yee Li.
expeditionsail.com/hongloumeng/
And I love that you read this old essay of mine! I wrote it in grad school and was excited to see it published in a @dukepress.bsky.social journal (SAQ). A bit of a full circle moment : )
Love that it spurred on your own thoughts on Stan Lai's film. I miss #ReadingTheStone together!
Love that it spurred on your own thoughts on Stan Lai's film. I miss #ReadingTheStone together!
I ♥️ your observation that in Secret Love/Peach Blossom Spring "the ensuing conflict, negotiation, and uneasy resolution between the two troupes is extremely suggestive of the manner in which competing narratives and nation-views engage in contestation over the crowded symbolic space of the nation."
September 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
And I love that you read this old essay of mine! I wrote it in grad school and was excited to see it published in a @dukepress.bsky.social journal (SAQ). A bit of a full circle moment : )
Love that it spurred on your own thoughts on Stan Lai's film. I miss #ReadingTheStone together!
Love that it spurred on your own thoughts on Stan Lai's film. I miss #ReadingTheStone together!
Yay! Actually Waiyee and I are recording a new episode soon, for NYRB's podcast - will keep everyone posted.
It just might be time to start the #readingthestone cycle again! (Though I am currently in a Proust reading group, and there is a limit to concurrent-big fat books-reading in one's life)
It just might be time to start the #readingthestone cycle again! (Though I am currently in a Proust reading group, and there is a limit to concurrent-big fat books-reading in one's life)
I’m starting Story of the Stone in one of my classes tomorrow and just finished happily immersing myself in Ch 1 again. It’s always time for #readingthestone!!
November 11, 2024 at 2:55 AM
Yay! Actually Waiyee and I are recording a new episode soon, for NYRB's podcast - will keep everyone posted.
It just might be time to start the #readingthestone cycle again! (Though I am currently in a Proust reading group, and there is a limit to concurrent-big fat books-reading in one's life)
It just might be time to start the #readingthestone cycle again! (Though I am currently in a Proust reading group, and there is a limit to concurrent-big fat books-reading in one's life)
Katharine Serena Ford Laird, born one spring equinox and sailing away in the fall - safe travels, my beloved Kate.
#Readingthestone community, this was our stalwart @ShortNoticeRom, with her witty comments on HLM and knowledge of seal skin values in 18th c. Eurasia. 💔
#Readingthestone community, this was our stalwart @ShortNoticeRom, with her witty comments on HLM and knowledge of seal skin values in 18th c. Eurasia. 💔
September 26, 2023 at 10:21 PM
Katharine Serena Ford Laird, born one spring equinox and sailing away in the fall - safe travels, my beloved Kate.
#Readingthestone community, this was our stalwart @ShortNoticeRom, with her witty comments on HLM and knowledge of seal skin values in 18th c. Eurasia. 💔
#Readingthestone community, this was our stalwart @ShortNoticeRom, with her witty comments on HLM and knowledge of seal skin values in 18th c. Eurasia. 💔
Thank you Patrick! It was lovely to have you as part of our #readingthestone group - more adventures ahead!
I wish a great 2024 for you both... and I hope it does include a new reading project. #readingthestone was the the internet at its best. Thank you.
January 1, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Thank you Patrick! It was lovely to have you as part of our #readingthestone group - more adventures ahead!
I forgot I had these. Until 15 minutes ago! Grandma’s attic is the best source of Christmas surprises. Happy reunion! #hlm #readingthestone #红楼梦
December 18, 2023 at 3:12 PM
I forgot I had these. Until 15 minutes ago! Grandma’s attic is the best source of Christmas surprises. Happy reunion! #hlm #readingthestone #红楼梦
Oh fantastic! I vaguely remember now that a few projects like this resulted from the readingthestone group, most done by non-academics. Imagine that! It’s almost like this humanities stuff is better off when it’s not chained to the dying animal of the contemporary university! 🤔🤔🤔
September 19, 2023 at 2:03 PM
Oh fantastic! I vaguely remember now that a few projects like this resulted from the readingthestone group, most done by non-academics. Imagine that! It’s almost like this humanities stuff is better off when it’s not chained to the dying animal of the contemporary university! 🤔🤔🤔
So many full circles!
Reading your essay made me go look up the senior thesis I wrote in college about Angela Carter's fiction.
I too miss #ReadingTheStone -- that was the best possible introduction anyone could have to Chinese novels!
Reading your essay made me go look up the senior thesis I wrote in college about Angela Carter's fiction.
I too miss #ReadingTheStone -- that was the best possible introduction anyone could have to Chinese novels!
September 15, 2025 at 1:09 AM
So many full circles!
Reading your essay made me go look up the senior thesis I wrote in college about Angela Carter's fiction.
I too miss #ReadingTheStone -- that was the best possible introduction anyone could have to Chinese novels!
Reading your essay made me go look up the senior thesis I wrote in college about Angela Carter's fiction.
I too miss #ReadingTheStone -- that was the best possible introduction anyone could have to Chinese novels!
Our #ReadingTheStone chat today reminded me of a curious book I read on Nabokov and his late-in-life obsession with documenting his dreams.
"Erotic tenderness and heart-rending enchantment" - a more apt description of #紅樓夢 #DreamOfTheRedChamber could not be found, yes?
"Erotic tenderness and heart-rending enchantment" - a more apt description of #紅樓夢 #DreamOfTheRedChamber could not be found, yes?
“Types of dreams
6. Erotic tenderness and heart-rending enchantment.”
-Vladimir Nabokov, Insomniac Dreams
6. Erotic tenderness and heart-rending enchantment.”
-Vladimir Nabokov, Insomniac Dreams
November 18, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Our #ReadingTheStone chat today reminded me of a curious book I read on Nabokov and his late-in-life obsession with documenting his dreams.
"Erotic tenderness and heart-rending enchantment" - a more apt description of #紅樓夢 #DreamOfTheRedChamber could not be found, yes?
"Erotic tenderness and heart-rending enchantment" - a more apt description of #紅樓夢 #DreamOfTheRedChamber could not be found, yes?
Kind Readers - Spring is upon us and let us start #ReadingTheStone.
And a treat if you are in @DukeU environs - a talk by Prof. Wai-Yee Li on Hongloumeng.
Also: on April 1st, Waiyee and I will host an online 'Everything you want to ask about The Stone' chat to kick us off!
And a treat if you are in @DukeU environs - a talk by Prof. Wai-Yee Li on Hongloumeng.
Also: on April 1st, Waiyee and I will host an online 'Everything you want to ask about The Stone' chat to kick us off!
November 17, 2024 at 5:06 AM
Kind Readers - Spring is upon us and let us start #ReadingTheStone.
And a treat if you are in @DukeU environs - a talk by Prof. Wai-Yee Li on Hongloumeng.
Also: on April 1st, Waiyee and I will host an online 'Everything you want to ask about The Stone' chat to kick us off!
And a treat if you are in @DukeU environs - a talk by Prof. Wai-Yee Li on Hongloumeng.
Also: on April 1st, Waiyee and I will host an online 'Everything you want to ask about The Stone' chat to kick us off!
Rereading this morning —
#ReadingTheStone Chapter One
book chat 4/9 11am ET
https://x.com/i/spaces/1MnxnkmjgbmKO
#ReadingTheStone Chapter One
book chat 4/9 11am ET
https://x.com/i/spaces/1MnxnkmjgbmKO
November 17, 2024 at 5:06 AM
Rereading this morning —
#ReadingTheStone Chapter One
book chat 4/9 11am ET
https://x.com/i/spaces/1MnxnkmjgbmKO
#ReadingTheStone Chapter One
book chat 4/9 11am ET
https://x.com/i/spaces/1MnxnkmjgbmKO