A Lifetime Is a Promise to Keep: Poems of Huang Xiang

http://ieas.berkeley.edu/publications/crm63.html

A Lifetime Is a Promise to Keep contains an introduction to Huang Xiang 黄翔 and his poetry. According to the translator, Michelle Yeh, "As a poet, he addresses the perennial concerns with the inner self and the meaning of life." Regarding form, "Huang Xiang's prose poetry often begins as a pedestrian narrative, but as it unfolds, unexpected twists and turns are introduced, establishing roadblocks for readers and forcing them to read between the lines."

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# 1.   

Have you heard him read? It's quite a shock, so different from the quiet person he normally is (well, at least from what I've seen).

Anna Chen, July 9, 2009, 4:47p.m.

# 2.   

I like his calligraphy/art collaborations best:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/centurymountain/

Some of his poems are at MCLC:

http://mclc.osu.edu/rc/pubs/huangxiang.htm

Is this prose poetry? Or prosaic free verse?

Dave, July 9, 2009, 6:02p.m.

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I'd really like to hear him read. I expect that he'd roar like a tiger. I've only read Andrew Emerson's translations so far -- thanks very much for the link, Dave. Very moving stuff indeed. History in the writing.

Rob, July 13, 2009, 12:15p.m.

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