MCLC: New Voices from S. Korea and China

[Denton, Kirk]

MCLC LIST
From: Asymptote Journal <editors at asymptotejournal.com>
Subject: New Voices from S. Korea and China
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Dear list members,

To celebrate turning 3, Asymptote, the premier online journal for
literature in translation, will make its first-ever appearance in
Shanghai, tomorrow, 29 Mar (Saturday), at Anne-Cecile Noique ART. In
collaboration with NYU Shanghai, we present “New Voices from South Korea
and China,” featuring Asymptote contributors Eleanor Goodman and Eun Joo
Kim. 

Eleanor Goodman will be reading her translations of Chinese poets Li Li 李笠
, Sun Wenbo 孙文波, and Wang Xiaoni 王小妮 while Eun Joo Kim will be reading
her 
translations of the Korean poet Kim Ki-taek. The readings will be followed
by a short Q&A. Admission is free. Come out and celebrate with us!

Details below:

New Voices from China and South Korea

Location: Anne-Cecile Noique ART, 423-433 Guangfu Lu, about 5 mins walking
distance from the Xinzha Lu Subway Station. FREE ADMISSION.
Date: 3/29/2014 (Saturday)
Time: 5-6:30pm
Facebook Event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/298753533607340/298753666940660
Douban page: http://www.douban.com/event/21061651/
Weibo http://www.weibo.com/3026657265

For our 3rd anniversary we'll also be going to Philadelphia (featuring
Vincent Kling and Ken Kalfus), Berlin (featuring Eugene Ostashevsky and
Thomas Pletzinger) , Sydney (Chris Andrews and Chris Edwards) and Buenos
Aires (Lisa Rose Bradford), making it a total of 9 cities for our
worldwide tour.

Here's part II of our global party video trailer, with more details about
our fantastic lineup for our March and April events:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5krSR0BlKo

You can find photos, podcasts, videos and even dispatches from all our
events at our new Events page. Highlights include a podcast of the London
panel with George Szirtes and Boyd Tonkin and videos of Eliot Weinberger
and Jeffrey Yang at our New York event (the latter reading Lucas Klein's
translations of Xi Chuan's poetry). Check them out here:

http://asymptotejournal.com/events.php

Asymptote's 2014 Winter issue features new translations by J.M. Coetzee
and Rosmarie Waldrop, interviews with Yoshitomo Nara and Adam Thirlwell,
an essay by Michael Hofmann, dispatches from Darfur and Syria, poems by
Emilio Villa and Hai Zi, as well as Korean Hangul Text Art. All this, plus
our first work from the Lithuanian and the winners of our first
translation contest! Read it for free at

http://asymptotejournal.com

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