Josh Stenberg is a senior lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of Sydney. He completed his PhD at Nanjing University in 2015 and has published the monographs Minority Stages: Sino-Indonesian Performance and Public Display (2019) and Liyuanxi: Chinese ‘Pear Garden’ Theatre (2022), as well as the edited volumes Kunqu Masters on Chinese Theatrical Performance (2022).  In addition to his work on Chinese theatre and literature, he has translated and edited several volumes of contemporary Chinese literature, including two previous collections of Su Tong’s fiction, Madwoman on the Bridge and Other Stories (2008) and Tattoo: Three Novellas (2011). A collection of his own poetry, Nibs and Nubs will be published by Flying Islands Press in 2024.