Discover new books on Goodreads
See if your friends have read any of Xujun Eberlein's books
Xujun Eberlein

year in books

Xujun Eberlein’s Followers (32)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
Tara
1,315 books | 1,993 friends

in8
in8
1,473 books | 423 friends

Herbert
33 books | 471 friends

Sharon
1,457 books | 99 friends

Jim
Jim
1,841 books | 1,207 friends

Rusty
3,780 books | 3,474 friends

Richard...
3,843 books | 101 friends

Kelly S...
1,170 books | 164 friends

More friends…

Xujun Eberlein

Goodreads Author


Born
Chongqing, China
Website

Twitter

Genre

Member Since
January 2008


News: Xujun's memoir, The River Drowns the Able Swimmer https://books.catapult.co/books/the-r..., is now available for pre-order!
--
Xujun Eberlein is the author of the award-winning story collection Apologies Forthcoming . An immigrant living in the Boston area, she is also a widely published essayist. One of her latest essays, "Ms. Daylily," has been selected for The Best American Essays 2023 by Vivian Gornick and Robert Atwan.

Xujun's writing has appeared in many magazines in the United States, as well as in Canada, England, Kenya, and Hong Kong. Her literary awards include The Iowa Review Award in Nonfiction, artist fellowship in fiction/creative nonfiction from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the VCCA’s Goldfarb Non-fiction Fello
...more

Aren’t We All Accomplices?

In May 2012, a stranger contacted me through my website. A professor of cultural psychology at Hampshire College, Q.M. Zhang was interested in talking about Chongqing, the city I grew up in. What triggered her request for a meeting, apparently, was my article titled “Another Kind of American History in Chongqing,” which had appeared on the Atlantic website the previous year. She was writing a memo Read more of this blog post »
1 like ·   •  0 comments  •  flag
Share on Twitter
Published on December 06, 2017 13:29 Tags: book-review
Average rating: 4.01 · 479 ratings · 112 reviews · 8 distinct works
The Best American Essays 20...

by
3.93 avg rating — 430 ratings — published 2023 — 6 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Apologies Forthcoming

4.40 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Chinese Characters: Profile...

by
4.17 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The River Drowns the Able S...

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
China Stories (Los Angeles ...

by
4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013
Rate this book
Clear rating
Apologies Forthcoming Paper...

0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
Apologies Forthcoming: Stor...

by
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
The River Drowns the Able S...

0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
More books by Xujun Eberlein…
Some Girls
Xujun Eberlein is currently reading
by Emily May (Goodreads Author)
bookshelves: currently-reading
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
War Boys: A Fathe...
Xujun Eberlein is currently reading
by Jason Prokowiew (Goodreads Author)
bookshelves: currently-reading
Rate this book
Clear rating

 

Xujun’s Recent Updates

Xujun Eberlein wants to read
Motherland by Jiayang Fan
Rate this book
Clear rating
Xujun Eberlein is now following
71803559
Emily May
Author of Some Girls
The River Drowns the Able Swimmer by Xujun Eberlein
"This is one of the most brilliant memoirs of our time, a saga of three generations of women who survive over the course of a tumultuous era in Chinese history. The book reminds me of a capacious novel - in the vein of PACHINKO--rather than a typical " Read more of this review »
Xujun Eberlein is now following Caitlin and Julia Grant
The River Drowns the Able Swimmer by Xujun Eberlein
"This memoir is gripping from the very first page--tremendous writing, tremendous story, an urgent, important voice of our time. Must read. "
Xujun Eberlein started reading
Some Girls by Emily     May
Some Girls
by Emily May (Goodreads Author)
Rate this book
Clear rating
Xujun Eberlein wants to read
The River Drowns the Able Swimmer by Xujun Eberlein
Rate this book
Clear rating
Xujun Eberlein wants to read
The City of Jade Trees by Margaret Woo
Rate this book
Clear rating
"Head over to Goodreads for a chance to win a copy of The Expert of Subtle Revisions from Crown Publishing! AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A thrilling historical mystery about a young woman searching for her father, a young man trying to solve an i..." Read more of this blog post »
More of Xujun's books…

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity  
Writers and Readers : This topic has been closed to new comments. Q and A with author Xujun Eberlein 38 47 Jun 03, 2012 04:36PM  
Around the World ...: China 77 1335 Feb 26, 2025 12:37PM  
37092 Writers and Readers — 3102 members — last activity Jul 20, 2026 12:55PM
A group for writers and readers to meet and discuss books and the writing process. The group allows promotion of books, but please post in the designa ...more
220 Goodreads Librarians Group — 338107 members — last activity 1 minute ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
6783 New Authors! Share News! — 306 members — last activity Jul 30, 2015 07:51AM
Well, a lot has happened. I am the Mom of a one-year old and have stopped blogging about new authors to focus on my son and publishing my own novels. ...more
17349 Book Excerpts — 521 members — last activity Aug 23, 2026 11:43AM
I searched to find a group specifically created for writers to post excerpts from their books, either those in publication or those still in progress, ...more
37905 National Book Critics Circle — 332 members — last activity May 04, 2021 06:29AM
The National Book Critics Circle honors outstanding writing and fosters a national conversation about reading, criticism and literature.
103713 Authors & Reviewers — 12037 members — last activity 11 hours, 32 min ago
A&R is about helping authors promote their books. If you are a reviewer or a blogger, and you don't mind writing a honest review, then come and join u ...more
More of Xujun’s groups…
Comments (showing 1-3)    post a comment »
dateDown arrow    newest »

message 3: by Beth

Beth Thanks for the friendship add, Xujun! I'll be blogging about the second book in my gift basket mystery series, TO HELL IN A HANDBASKET, next spring. We'll have to compare notes on book blogs!


Daniel
Xujun, I've put your book APOLOGIES FORTHCOMING on my to-read list.


message 1: by John

John Hi Xujun,

Congratulations on the forthcoming release of your story collection. The title is intriguing and I will be anxious to read your book!

--John


back to top