“I will not age gracefully” – A Promise
Above, the start of our recent poetry x music performance featuring Liane Halton and David Moser at DDC Dusk Dawn Club on December 15, 2019, part of Spittoon’s Megacity tour. …
Happenings
New poem in Michigan Quarterly Review: “Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi”
Hey! I have a new published poem, in the latest issue of Michigan Quarterly Review, inspired by the “Fountain of the Four Rivers” at Piazza Navona in Rome. The fountain …
New poem in The Cortland Review: “Growing Up With Beijing”
Really excited and honored to see my poem “Growing Up With Beijing” in the latest issue of The Cortland Review: http://www.cortlandreview.com/issue/82/tao.php The poem was inspired by Beijing’s now-sealed underground tunnels, which …
“6/4” published in latest Asian Cha
My poem “6/4” has been published in the latest Asian Cha, my second time appearing in this Hong Kong-based journal (see: Mid-Autumn Blood Moon). Editors Tammy Ho-Lai Ming and Lucas …
Performance at DDC and upcoming event at Aotu Space
Liane and I were back at DDC on Sunday, April 28 to perform selections from our album The Last Tribe on Earth. The audience clapped along to our track …
My poem on NPR’s All Things Considered
I woke up today to a message in a WeChat group from an old friend saying she heard me on the radio. And indeed, one of my poems did make it …
The Last Tribe on Earth: The album
The album Liane Halton and I have been working on — a journey that began nine months ago with our first collaboration at DDC — is done. Behold, The Last …
Our poetry x music album, “The Last Tribe on Earth,” has arrived
Hardcopies of The Last Tribe on Earth arrived today, and what can I say? Joy, sadness, longing, bliss, regret, truth, purpose, something approximating truth, some delusion of purpose, some allotment …
The Bookworm Literary Festival: Album launch and performance on Sunday, March 24
This will be a dream come true: On Sunday, March 24 at 6 pm, Liane Halton and I will perform at the Bookworm Literary Festival to launch our album, The …
New poetry: Expats in Beijing (read in Shanghai)
I was in Shanghai on December 12 to take part in the fourth issue launch of the The Shanghai Literary Magazine, which was kind enough to publish my poem “Expats …