Larry reads a poem of ancient Chinese poet Tu Fu coming to America Video

Larry R. Smith I am an editor and reviewer and a poet, fiction writer, essayist, & publisher.

photo credit: This photo is by Jason Werling

Author Biography

I grew up in the industrial Ohio River Valley along the green Appalachian hills. I taught 3 years on high school English before returning to grad school at Kent State University and was there with my wife and daughter during the Kent State shootings.
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Influences

Zen poets of old, Kenneth Patchen, Albert Camus, Herbert Gold, Alice Munro, Sherwood Anderson, Wendell Berry

Larry reads a poem of ancient Chinese poet Tu Fu coming to America

This is part of a series of poems projecting ancient Chinese poet Tu Fu onto the American landscape. His is such a human voice just ringing with the clarity of truth spoken through images.