Poetry | Poetry
May.13.2012
A monk-poet born in the JiangXi province of China in the mid-9th century, Wing Lei was a contemporary of the Chinese poetry masters Li Po, Tu Fu, and Wang Wei. His early life was spent in relative anonymity as a mid-level government official in the province, though it is known that he wrote poetry...
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May.13.2012
First public reading from my latest book.
A monk-poet born in the JiangXi province of China in the mid-9th century, Wing Lei was a contemporary of the Chinese poetry masters Li Po, Tu Fu, and Wang Wei. His early life was spent in relative anonymity as a mid-level government official in the...
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May.13.2012
Alex Grant talks with Frank Stasio and reads from his new collection, "The Poems of Wing Lei."
From the introduction:
A monk-poet born in the JiangXi province of China in the mid-9th century, Wing Lei was a contemporary of the Chinese poetry masters Li Po, Tu Fu, and Wang Wei. His early...
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Mar.12.2012
In this episode, Encounter finds out where the voice of the Bard and the Buddha intersect. And to do that we'll take an historical track from ancient China and Japan, which winds like the tail of a dragon, to the West and back again to modern China. Along the way we'll meet a translator who dances...
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Feb.08.2012
Like many other writers, my poetry takes its cues from personal experience. This winter, I spent several weeks in western Kenya, in an area not frequented by tourists. Of course, experience became poetry. The life of the people is rugged, and the Africa of National Geographic lives side-by-...
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Jan.22.2012
Angel of Better Days to Come is taken from the the book The River of Winged Dreams:
Angel of Better Days to Come
Rockets of blind faithsputter and crackle dead dreams––like time bleeding stars.
Through soft painted moansa man watches his life drownin waves of glass bones.
Celestial windsblow...
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Nov.01.2011
The second video in my Chivalry series of poems. This is a revised version, with the dance sequences replaced and reworked.
Music: composed and performed in musescore for bass clarinet, tuba and harpsichord.
Voice: Bell labs' Natural Synthesis engine.
On the public hanging of Alireza...
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Oct.26.2011
On Wed Oct 12 11, Litquake presented Ishmael Reed with its annual Barbary Coast Award in honor of his long-standing contributions to the Bay Area literary scene. Hosted by W. Kamau Bell, friends/performers included Clark Blaise, Tennessee Reed, Carla Blank, Ianthe Brautigan Swensen, Boadiba,...
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