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Sky Lanterns
(Double click image to see full size.) SKY LANTERNS:New Poetry from China, Formosa, and BeyondEdited by Frank Stewart and Fiona Sze-Lorrain18 illus., 158 pp., US $20University of Hawai’i Press and Manoaavailable in July / August 2012 Purchase link:http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/p-8932-9780824836986.aspx Sky Lanterns brings together innovative work by authors — primarily poets — in mainland China, Taiwan, the United States, and beyond who are engaged in truth-seeking, resistance, and renewal. Appearing in new translations, many of the works are published alongside the original Chinese text. A number of the poets are women, whose work is relatively unknown to English-language readers. Contributors include Amang,…Read More
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Tibetan Poet Jailed
Thanks to Conrad DiDiodato for his heads-up on the case Tibetan poet Tashi Rabten, who has been sentenced to a 4-year jail term for publishing poems that displeased the Chinese government. I frankly don’t know what to do about this kind of thing. I stand in solidarity with Rabten, though I doubt the Chinese government follows this blog.Read More
Joseph Hutchison, Colorado Poet Laureate 2014-2019, has published 20 collections of poems and edited or co-edited three poetry anthologies. He currently directs two master’s-level programs for University College at the University of Denver: Professional Creative Writing and Arts & Culture Management. Joe lives with his wife, Melody Madonna, in the mountains southwest of Denver, Colorado, the city where he was born. 
