Poetry and Conflict (Twenty-Two Volume Set)
International Poetry Nights in Hong Kong 2015
Edited by Bei Dao, Shelby K. Y. Chan, Gilbert C. F. Fong, Lucas Klein, Christopher Mattison, Chris Song
170 x 109 mm ISBN / ISSN : 978-962-996-722-2
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US$42.00
Edited by Gilbert C. F. Fong, Shelby K. Y. Chan, Lucas Klein, Bei Dao, Christopher Mattison, and Chris Song, the Poetry and Conflict twenty-two volume box set is an extended edition of the single-volume anthology. Included are twenty-two pocket-sized paperbacks and a complimentary USB (incl. video clips and photos of the previous IPNHK) encased in a fine paper box, containing works by each of the poets included in the anthology, accompanied by English and/or Chinese translations. This collection seeks to make accessible the best of contemporary international poetry with outstanding translations. Each of the twenty-two volumes can be purchased separately.
| International Poet | Title |
|---|---|
| Mohammed Bennis (Morocco) | Silence |
| Chen Li (Taiwan) | The Image Hunter |
| Peter Cole (USA) | Song of the Shattering Vessels |
| Najwan Darwish (Palestine) | Sleeping in Gaza |
| Jean-Michel Espitallier (France) | Make war not war |
| Gemma Gorga (Spain) | Semantics and Nutrition |
| Kim Hyesoon (South Korea) | The Salt Dress Inside Me |
| ko ko thett (Burma) | the burden of being bama |
| Étienne Lalonde (Canada) | Because the sky was real |
| Lau Yee-ching (Hong Kong) | Performance Art |
| Nikola Madzirov (Macedonia) | What We Have Said Haunts Us |
| Agi Mishol (Israel) | Between the Trees and the non-Trees |
| Noriko Mizuta (Japan) | Poem in Blue |
| Les Murray (Australia) | The Tin Wash Dish |
| Fernando Pinto Do Amaral (Portugal) | Scotoma |
| Gleb Shulpyakov (Russia) | Prado |
| Song Lin (China) | Song of Exploring the Waterways |
| Yoko Tawada (Japan) | a Poem for a Book |
| Anne Waldman (USA) | Hungry Ghost |
| Wang Xiaoni (China) | To Another World |
| Ghassan Zaqtan (Palestine) | The Dead in the Garden |
| Fan Sin Piu,Chan Chi Tak, Cheng Ching Hang, Ng Mei Kwan, Lau Wai Shing, Liu Wai Tong, Chris Song, Chow Hon Fai, Jacky Yuen, Zeit Fong |
Hong Kong Night |
Poets include Mohammed Bennis, Lau Yee-ching, Agi Mishol, Les Murray, Anne Waldman, Wang Xiaoni, Ghassan Zaqtan, and others.
