Mid-Autumn Blood Moon
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone. Mid-Autumn Blood Moon was first published in Asian Cha in its June 2016 issue. (See more in the poetry section.)
Happenings
A clip from Spittunes at DDC (August 28, 2018)
Hey, so this went really well. (A slightly longer event recap here.) The above is how Liane and I started — with a song inspired by Zhou Yunpeng / a poem …
Special forthcoming Spittunes hosted by Spittoon and NüVoices
Spittoon and NüVoices are working together to host the next Spittunes event in Beijing on August 28, and I’ve been asked along with Liane Halton to reprise our June performance, which featured two …
Upcoming: Spit-Tunes, a poetry and music collaboration
A really cool event is coming up on Wednesday, June 27, at which I’ll be participating: Spit-Tunes, which is a music-poetry collaboration run by the Beijing literary collective Spittoon. I …
Tinyletter.com/anthonytao
I haven’t decided what I’m going to do with this, but now that I have one, it should be something. First post went up today. Moment of panic when I …
Me reading my poem “That Absent Person” at The Bookworm
That Absent Person I don’t keep track of the days anymore For years I spoke in the hours before sleep and in dream awaited — reply? spirit? windows to open? …
I’m the new Asia Managing Editor at SupChina
No longer unemployed. There I am on the team page. Updated resume here.
Hosting a Poetry Event Featuring US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith
Hey, so this is happening today, and it’s pretty exciting: Tracy K. Smith, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Life on Mars and is the current US poet laureate, is headlining …
Back as a free agent
Writer/editor available for hire. Freelance or otherwise. Chinese-to-English translation work, too. Contact me.
Radii China: a multimedia digital platform just launched
Earlier this week, Radii went live. As chief editor, it’s been a busy last few months putting the pieces in place, but the hardest work is ahead: keeping a content …