Berfrois

Chinese Poetry

‘Li Bo Unkempt’ by Kidder Smith With Mike Zhai

Book:

‘Li Bo Unkempt’ by Kidder Smith With Mike Zhai

Douglas Penick: At Ease Together

Douglas Penick: At Ease Together

Rebuilding Cities

Rebuilding Cities

Joe Linker

Joe Linker on Li Po

‘Xuanji Tu’ by Su Hui

Visual poem:

‘Xuanji Tu’ by Su Hui

Ezra Pound is the inventor of Chinese poetry (in the English language). How and why did that take place?

‘They seem to be a generation for whom all the possibilities of poetry are up for grabs. That was the excitement I was hearing in Beijing that evening.’

Podcast: The Modern Mind
‘Faux Foliage’ and ‘Light’ by Basudhara Roy
Poems: ‘Faux Foliage’ and ‘Light’ by Basudhara Roy
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‘The final frontier’ by Ali Smith
Short story: ‘The final frontier’ by Ali Smith
Munch’s Movies
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