ROY GU

Roy Gu

Roy Gu (Yue Gu, 顾悦) is Professor of English at Shanghai International Studies University, China. He has published poems and short stories in both English and Chinese. His writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Hayden’s Ferry Review, New World Writing, J Journal, Hobart, and elsewhere. He has translated several books, including Love by Toni Morrison. He is also a singer-songwriter and has released folk music albums.

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Publications

Poetry

“Chaldean Shepherd,” Hayden’s Ferry Review, Issue 74

https://haydensferryreview.com/issue-74

“Three Poems,” New World Writing Quarterly, Issue 4, 2023 (October 2023 Issue)

https://newworldwriting.net/roy-gu-three-poems/

“I Want to Sing Every Time You Leave,” J Journal, 2024 Spring Issue

https://www.jjournal.org/post/i-want-to-sing-every-time-you-leave

“Five Poems,” Hobart, August 31st 2022

https://www.hobartpulp.com/web_features/five-poems-43de929e-345e-4ee9-8c64-e40a74f48c45

“The Shape of a Cloud,” NonBinary Review, Issue 35 “Old Friends”

https://www.zoeticpress.com/branded-merch/nonbinary-review-issue-35-old-friends

“Ciboloto,” The Milk House, November 2nd 2023

https://www.themilkhouse.org/ciboloto-by-roy-gu/

“West Tree,” Bombfire, November 4th 2023 Post

https://bombfirelit.com/2023/11/04/west-tree-by-roy-gu/

“Poetry from Roy Gu,” Sychronized Chaos, October’s Second Issue, October 15th 2023

https://synchchaos.com/poetry-from-roy-gu/

“As If,” Discretionary Love, November 1st 2023

https://www.discretionarylove.com/as-if/

“Old Peasant at the Train Station,” October Hill, Winter 2023, Volume 7, Issue 4, January 15th 2024

https://www.octoberhillmagazine.com/archives

“Loneliness Comes,” Blue Lake Review, 2024 March Issue

https://bluelakereview.weebly.com/loneliness-comes.html

Selected Journal Articles

Structural Maladies in Family Systems: Fusion, Parentification, and Coalition in Joyce Carol Oates’s Expensive People.” Style, vol. 54 no. 4, 2020, pp. 441-456.

Project MUSE, muse.jhu.edu/article/777540.

“Narrative, Life Writing, and Healing: The Therapeutic Functions of Storytelling.” Neohelicon, vol. 45, 2018, pp. 479–489.

doi.org/10.1007/s11059-018-0459-4.

Translations

Dylan, Bob. The Lyrics. Beijing, China: Citic Press Co, Forthcoming.

Gönczy, Hegedüs. A Panorama of Songs. Shanghai, China: Shanghai Music Publishing House, 2023.

Achebe, Chinua and Innes, C. L. African Shory Stories: Twenty Short Stories from across the Continent. Nanjing, China: Yilin Press, 2014.

Dexter, Colin. The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn. Beijing, China: New Star Press, 2014.

Morrison, Toni. Love. Haikou, China: Nan Hai Publishing Co., 2013, 2016.

Edited Books

Modern Chinese Poems. NYC: CN Times Books, 2019.

Co-Editor. Think English: Reading Critically, vol. 4, Philosophy and Civilization. Beijing, China: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, 2017.

American Cinema: An Introduction. Nanjing, China: Southeast UP, 2011.