这几年由于工作原因,多了一些和西北作家的接触和偶尔的小聚,他们给我的印象很深。记得第一次的西北之行,就选择了宁夏,这不光是因为其历史、地理、民族有其独特性,而更重要的是宁夏的文学创作队伍,人才辈出,后继有人。小说家张学东就是继宁夏文学“三棵树” (石舒清、陈继明、金瓯)之后被大家一致公认的又一棵文学新树。我当时曾就“三棵树”的叫法很感兴趣,那次作品研讨会私下里与石舒清讨教,方 In recent years due to work, I have had more contacts with Northwest writers and occasionally get-together, and they impressed me so much. I remember the first trip to the northwest, chose Ningxia, not only because of its history, geography, ethnic uniqueness, but more important is Ningxia literary creation team, talented people, successors. Novelist Zhang Xuedong is another new literary tree that has been universally acknowledged by all under the “Three Trees” of Ningxia Literature (Shi Shuqing, Chen Jiming and Ca Mau). At that time, I was very much interested in the name of “Three Trees.” The work was privately discussed with Shi Shuqing,