Chinese Poets

Reading at the Wexler Studio in Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, March 30, 2017

• Susan Stewart

  • Introduction (0:23): MP3

• Peter Feng

  • "Dwelling" by Lu Dong (1:34): MP3

• Ayin Wang

  • "Lying in Me" by Anna Akhmatova (1:06): MP3

• Yanni Lei

  • "A Vacant City" (1:36): MP3
  • "On a Windy Night" (1:56): MP3

• Xiaohong Chen

  • "Maple Bridge Night Mooring" by Zhang Ji   // 《枫桥夜泊》张继 (0:49): MP3
  • "At Maple Bridge" by Gary Snyder (0:36): MP3
  • "The Sound of Billows" by Chen Xiaoqi   // 《涛声依旧》陈小奇 (2:26): MP3

• Zhimin Li

  • "I Ate Ants: A Story of Chinese Food" (3:59): MP3
  • "Who I Am: A Prose Poem" (2:39): MP3

• Qingji He

  • "A Lane in the Rain" by Dai Wangshu   // 《雨巷》戴望舒 (3:36): MP3

• Zhuo Wang

  • "Darkroom" by Yi Lai   // 《春天的暗房》亦来 (3:34): MP3

Wuhan Poets reading at the Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, December 9, 2010

In association with the Chinese/American Association for Poetry and Poetics (CAAP)

Wuhan Poets

• Liang Biwen
• Liu Yishan
• Chen Ying-Song
• Tiang He
• Wang Xinmin
• Ke Yumin
• Hu Xiang
• Liu An

Penn Poets:

• Bob Perelman
• Sarah Dowling
• Michelle Taransky
• Charles Bernstein
• Greg Djanikian
• Yanrong (CAAP Scholar in Residence)

Full program with text of poems and translations



• complete reading (1:35:46): MP3





Also of interest

1. 32 Ethnic Minority Poets from China
2. Author Page: Zhimin Li
3. Birds of Metal in Flight: An Evening of Poetry with 5+5, February 25, 2015
   Chinese and American Poets reading for Xu Bing's "Phoenix" at St. John the Divine Cathedral in New York City. Marilyn Nelson, Bei Dao, Afaa Weaver, Zhai Yongming, Pierre Joris, Xi Chuan, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Zhou Zan, Charles Bernstein, Ouyang Jianghe, and Xu Bing.



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