Chen Hung-ming

Introduction

Hung-ming is a graduate of the Department of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) and the owner of the independent bookstore Chiwen Society (楫文社). He currently lives by a hillside cemetery and under an MRT concrete pile. Hung-ming’s works have earned the China Times Literary Award, Taipei Literature Award, Chung Chao-cheng Literary Award, and the New Taipei City Literature Award. He has also received grants from the National Culture and Arts Foundation and the Ministry of Culture. He has worked on novel-writing projects on the subject of the history of electric engineering in Taiwan, offshore wind power, public works, and Penghu family history. Hung-ming's published works include the short story collection Skeletons in the Lake《湖骨》and The Underwater Family 《水中家庭》

Resident planning

The Practice of Silent Writing - Quietly Watch Yourself Write "Silent writing" is an activity that has been circulating around the NCKU Literature Society. By depriving oneself of hearing, movement, and speech, one temporarily eschews human interactions. And yet the body indeed exists in the act of writing. This deliberate practice results in a writing style with no specific direction. The text often exhibits special effects commonly found in writing therapy. It also acts as a figurative relay point for the writer's written introspections. After a long period of silence, like quiet time in a library, the feeling of carefree communication is as refreshing as having a cold beer after soaking in a hot spring.