Two conferences and visits to Zheijang University, with Gexin Yang, in Hangzhou, a reading for poet Yan An and friends in Xi'An, Central China Normal University in Wuhan, and a reading of Chinese and American poets at the legendary poetry space White Night in Chengdu. The first conference was “Transboundary Writing of Ethnic Literature” in Chongqing (co-hosted by Mao Lingying) and the second was the 11th CAAP – Chinese American Association of Poetry and Poetics in Chengdu. Lianggong Luo was our main host, but we had many others.
Program for CAAP 2025: pdf
Program for Transboundary/Ethnic: pdf
with Brian Kim Stefans, Tonya Foster, Sharon Jones, Prof. Mao, Clare Finburgh Delijani
with Luo Lianggong and Nie Zhenzhao
Zhejiang University
CAAP plenary
White Night, Chengdu, with video of event produced by White Night:
West Lake, Hangzhou:
Feng Yi gave me an advance copy of her translation, with commentaries, of Near/Miss. I will do a separate post about that when the book is out.