对话纽约中文作家系列之四： 对话TED演讲人、作者和读者卜秋静 Conversations with Chinese Authors in New York: A Dialogue with TED Speaker, Writer, and an Avid Reader Lisa Bu

卜秋静女士是TED资深员工, 在TED负责版权运作并制作主持《TED 中文》播客。 她将于3月23日周六下午二点到戴克图书馆与大家分享她的新书《读书,推迟妥协那天的到来》(采薇出版社)，畅聊人生故事，解密她的TED演讲《书籍如何成为心灵解药 》为什么会已经获得超过650万次的观看, 以及她如何因阅读和写作而改变了生命的轨迹和厚度。

湘妹子卜秋静儿时梦想成为黄梅戏演员，从南京大学中文系毕业后她在深圳开启职业生涯。 她到美国后曾多年从事电脑程式设计, 获得威斯康辛大学麦迪逊分校的资讯系统MBA和新闻传播学博士。 重大人生变故后, 她从书中寻找解药, 重新出发, 一路闯关进到美国主流媒体, 并意外登上TED舞台。 无论是应对中国虎妈、专业选择、美国留学、还是媒体打拼, 她一次次从书中找到方法和榜样, 一步步推迟在学业、职场和生活上的妥协, 给自己带来遵从本心的人生 。 她以人生和读书经历写成的《读书,推迟妥协那天的到来》在大陆出版受挫，却在台湾出版并获得好评。 她感恩中外作者, 以pay it forward的心意写出此书：先介绍她在中国的亲子、求学和职场经历， 后三章全方位介绍在美国的一步步拼搏, 供有意在美国发展的读者参考 运用。 她分享的不是虚渺的奇迹、天才或抄近道的故事, 而是实用的人人可循的追梦路径；因为我们每个都是珍贵的普通人, 都值得并能过上称心的生活。

本次对谈会卜女士将和民众分享她的追梦之路、写书和读书的神奇力量，以及她一个普通人如何超越“二流幸福”的命运，在人生如戏的纽约脱胎换骨, 活成 了自己想要的模样。 她还会现场表演黄梅戏片段。 本书的出版人、台湾采薇出版社社长兼总编胡志成先生将以嘉宾身分出席。 胡先生曾任教于台湾大学七号馆史丹福大学中研所, 出版散文、小说和论述多种。 纽约中文作家应帆将采用《纽约时报书评》作家访谈形式的有趣问答主持活动。 有少量采薇书籍展售。 欢迎大家拨冗参与并上网https://discover.bklynlibrary.org/item?b=12693157预定这本书。

Dyker Library is excited to host Dr. Qiujing (Lisa) Bu, an exciting TED Talk speaker and published author, in the 4th installment of the Series of Conversations with Chinese Writers in New York. On March 23rd, Dr. Bu will talk about her book Reading for Defiance: How to Use Books to Overcome Life's Challenges (Tsaiwei Publishing House); share her life stories; shed light on the virality of her 2013 TED Talk "How Books Can Open Your Mind," which currently has more than 6.5 million views; and discuss how she managed to change her life through reading and writing. Originally from Hunan with what were considered unrealistic dreams of becoming a Huangmei Opera Singer, Dr. Bu would eventually graduate from Nanjing University with a degree in Chinese Literature. She became a white-collar worker followed by a software engineer—all respectable and expected white-collar jobs according to her community—earning her MBA in Information System and a Ph.D. in Journalism and Communication from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After change and tragedy and with the wonderous power she felt through reading and writing, she restarted her life and career. Now she is a producer/host of the Chinese version of the TED podcast. Although her semi-autobiographical book couldn’t pass censorship in the mainland of China, it was published with welcome attention in Taiwan. Dr. Bu will share her journey of chasing that dream, the magic cultivated from reading and writing, and how she was able to evade an unwanted fate to live her ideal life in New York. Her publisher, Mr. Chihcheng Hu, will also be in attendance to engage in the dialogue. A former teacher of Chinese literature in Taiwan, he now runs the Taipei Tsaiwei Publishing House and has also been publishing an anthology called the Tsaiwei Series. This event will be hosted by Mr. Aiguo Ying, a Chinese writer based on Long Island. Dr. Bu’s book and some books from Tsaiwei Publishing House will be available for purchase.

卜秋静: 土生土长湖南人,自 2011 年起任职 TED,负责版权运营,并制作主持《TED 中文》播客。曾在威斯康星公共电台任职七年,担任脱口秀制作人和新媒体内容总监。曾多年从事电脑编程,获得威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的信息系统 MBA 和新闻传播学博 士,以及南京大学中文本科学位。在 TED2013 大会演讲《书籍如何成为心灵解药》,TED 官网播放量已超过 650 万次。Lisa Bu: Born and raised in Hunan, China, Dr. Bu holds a PhD in Journalism and an MBA in Information Systems from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as well as a BA in Chinese Literature from Nanjing University in China. She has been with TED since 2011, managing content licensing operations and producing/hosting the Chinese version of the TED podcast. She previously spent seven years as a talk show producer and a digital media content director at Wisconsin Public Radio. Her TED2013 talk, "How Books Can Open Your Mind," has been viewed more than 6.5 million times on ted.com.

胡志成: 台湾采薇出版社社长兼主编，新泽西编辑室负责人。1942出生于中国河北唐山， 1948年来台湾，毕业于国立政治大学中国文学系，任教高中国文，及“美国各大学中国语文 联合研习所”(设在台湾大学7号馆，简称史丹福大学中心)选读讨论。1988年来美。 采薇出版社以出版文史类书籍为主。近年来主编以在美华人联合作品为主的年刊《采薇丛 书》。Chihcheng Hu: Mr. Hu is the President and Chief Editor of Taipei Tsaiwei Publishing House and Managing Editor of its New Jersey office. He was born in Tangshan, Hebei, China in 1942 and moved to Taiwan in 1948. He has a degree in Chinese Literature from National Chengchi University (NCCU). Mr. Hu had taught Chinese literature in high schools and ancient Chinese literature at the Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Studies at National Taiwan University. He has lived in the U.S. since 1988. His Tsaiwei Series is an anthology of Chinese literary works penned by the diaspora of Chinese American writers.

应帆: 江苏淮安人，现居纽约长岛。著作包括长篇小说《有女知秋》，中短篇小说集《漂亮的 人都来纽约了》及诗集《我终于失去了迷路的自由》。应帆现为北美中文作家协会副会长，并 长期担任网刊《新语丝》编辑。Aiguo Ying: Mr. Ying was born in Jiangsu, China and currently lives in Syosset, NY. He has published a novel called A Woman Named Zhiqiu, a collection of short stories entitled All Beautiful People Have Come to New York, as well as the poetry collection I Have Finally Lost the Freedom of Getting Lost. He currently serves as a vice president of the American Association of Chinese Writers and has been an editor with the net literary magazine New Threads for 25 years.