Editor’s Note: This forum was organized by Nicolai Volland for the Modern Language Association convention held in New Orleans, January 9–12, 2025. Speakers included Chialan Sharon Wang, E.K. Tan, Wendy Wan-ting Wang, Wen-chi Li, Chia-rong Wu, Kate Costello, and Nicolai Volland. Sung-sheng Yvonne Chang served as discussant. After the convention, the presenters agreed to share their texts with Taiwan Lit. Some participants, however, were unable to submit their contributions due to various circumstances.

Talk 1:

“Four Contemporary Taiwanese Women Writers” —Chialan Sharon Wang, Middlebury College

Talk 2:

“On Queer Taiwan Literature” —E.K. Tan, Stony Brook University

Talk 3:

“The Indigenous Genesis of Taiwan Literature in the Twenty-First Century” —Wendy Wan-ting Wang, University of California, Berkeley

Talk 4:

“Taiwanese Literature as World Literature”—Wen-chi Li, the University of Oxford

Talk 5:

“Malaysian-Chinese Literature and/as Taiwan Literature” —Nicolai Volland, Penn State University