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Happenings
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 …
Spittoon’s 2nd Issue Launch Party
The Beijing-based literary magazine Spittoon is launching its second issue today with a takeover of 798 Art District. Festivities are happening as we speak. I go on and read with several …
My poem “Baby Rabbit” appears in the current issue of Naugatuck River Review
Recently received my copy of the Winter/Spring 2017 issue of Naugatuck River Review, in which my poem “Baby Rabbit” appears. You can read the poem here. Thanks go out to …
“Things That Taste Like Purple” finally published in Kartika Review
A big thanks to Paul Lai and the other editors of Kartika Review who rescued “Things That Taste Like Purple” — my poem about baijiu, first submitted in 2013 — from the …
Monday, December 19: Hosting The Bookworm Holiday Quiz
It’s been a long two years since I hosted my last pub quiz in Beijing, but I’ll be getting back in the host chair tomorrow (Monday, December 19) at The …
Reading Tonight at The Bookworm: Spittoon Literary Magazine
The inaugural Spittoon Literary Magazine was launched last month, and the editors are having a little unofficial launch event at The Bookworm tonight. I’ll be one of four writers (who appear …
《我梦上了一只猫》I Dreamed a Cat (my first poem in Chinese)
我梦上了一只猫 粉红鼻子，黑白毛皮， 躺在床上，独自走向 梦中的自由之地 他是自己的主人 一瞬坐在沧海岸边 轸念，一瞬起跑疯跳 不啻蝴蝶领空飞舞， 朝霞印在他的眼神 也梦见我了吗？ 或她？ 庄周梦蝶，蝶飞蝶废 是谁抱着谁的伤悲？ 是谁说，以此为戒， 乌飞兔走？是谁说， 窄窄的眼界，打开眼界， 咱们称霸世界？ 看着看着，晃悠晃悠， 黄昏来到，喵喵环绕… 谁在哭，啼时惊妾梦， 不得到老鼠？ －陶一星
Poetry Reading, October 27: Spittoon
Yo! It’s time for Spittoon again. (Again? [Yes, it’s every month]). This time I’ll be going on in the first half as part of an ever-excellent lineup of English-language poetry and poetry-in-translation, …
I read three poems in an event with Peter Fallon
The amazing Peter Fallon (a renowned publisher in addition to being an award-winning poet) was at The Bookworm in Beijing on Tuesday to give a reading and answer some questions about his work, and …