Current Resources

Promotional Materials:

In the News:

General:
- Harman, Nicky, “Julia Lovell’s new translation of Monkey King: Journey to the West is a tour de force,” Asian Books Blog (16 Feb. 2021)
- Heath, Will, “Why Monkey King is One of the Four Great Chinese Novels,” Books & Bao (4 Feb. 2021)

Interviews with Julia Lovell:
- Gordon, Nicholas, “Wu Cheng’en, ‘Monkey King: Journey to the West,’ trans. Julia Lovell (Penguin, 2021),” New Books Network: New Books in Literary Studies (11 Mar. 2021)
- Melvyn Bragg et al., “In Our Time: Journey to the West,” BBC Sounds (20 May 2021)
- “Pieces of China (S3, E8): Julia Lovell on the Monkey King, 4.8.21,” China Institute: Pieces of China (8 Apr. 2021).
- Wasserstrom, Jeffrey, “Julia Lovell on the Monkey King’s Travels Across Borders: A Conversation,” Blog: Los Angeles Review of Books (BLARB) (10 Dec. 2020)

Reviews of Julia Lovell's translation of Monkey King: Journey to the West:
- Chen, Minjie, “A Chinese Classic Journeys to the West: Julia Lovell’s Translation of ‘Monkey King,’” Los Angeles Review of Books (LARB) (5 Oct. 2021)
- Cheuk, Leland, “Review: New ‘Monkey King’ translation feels like the best Pixar adventures,” Datebook (11 Feb. 2021)
- Farmer, Alec, “Monkey King: Journey to the West (2021) – Translating a Chinese Classic for a Contemporary Audience,” Asia Media International (20 Aug. 2021)
- Van Fleet, John Darwin, “‘Monkey King: Journey to the West’ by Wu Cheng’en, translated by Julia Lovell,” Asian Review of Books (31 Jan. 2021)