Our second poetry x music album, “Here to Stay,” is now available
Liane Halton and I have published our second poetry x music album, “Here to Stay.” You can download it here. It’s eight tracks, with a bonus track featuring David Moser …
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Poetry x Music VIDEO: “In the Air”
For the last two and a half months, Liane Halton and I have been working on a poetry x music album, our second, which we’re calling Here to Stay. It …
“Coronavirus in China” – published on Rattle
What’s it like to be in China during the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic? I wrote a poem about it, a six-parter that was published on Sunday in Rattle.
“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. …
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 …