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 …
Happenings
Forthcoming: Spittunes at DDC, Jan. 25
Liane Halton and I are debuting new material this Friday, January 25 in a performance at DDC, where we’ve played twice before (but not since August). The show starts at …
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.)
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
This was part of a poetry reading highlighted by U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith at The Bookworm, Beijing, on October 9, 2017, hosted by Anthony Tao, also featuring Mario …
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 …