False Starts, Not-So-Dead-Ends, and Unsung Side Projects: Reconsidering the Act of Creation in East Asian Literary Culture

This panel examines East Asian literary historiography from the standpoint of “incompletion”: considering side projects, unfinished inquiries, and even hobbies in the process of literary creation. Abstracts of up to 250 words are requested.

Deadline for submissions: Friday, March 20, 2026

William Hedberg, Arizona State U, Tempe (william.hedberg@asu.edu )