Storytelling and poetry event with Mads Vesterager Nielsen
Time: Friday, January 29, 8 pm Place: Yuanliao Space 原料空间 No. 66 Fangjia Alley, Beijing | 方家胡同66号 During the summer of 2020, Mads Vesterager Nielsen embarked on a four-month motorbike …
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 …
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.)
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 …
“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 …
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, …
Tonight (Oct. 8): An Art Show at DDC
Via City Weekend: Going to an art show was never as fun as it is now, with rockers The Felling Tree, Jump the Fence, The Plum Trees, The Peppercorns, and …
Poetry Reading, September 3: An Art Show at 69 Cafe
I’m part of the lineup for An Art Show at 69 Cafe on Saturday, September 3, organized by singer-songwriter Shannon Lethbridge. If you haven’t attended any of Shannon’s shows, you should …