Eddie Tay speaks to poets L Kiew, Annie Fan, Antony Huen and Daryl Lim Wei Jie about how poetry can help break down unjust stereotypes and bring about a greater sense of equality. From translating and reinventing classical Chinese poetry, to the use of multilingual expressions, these poets reflect on the dismantling of stereotypes and injustices in our society. Recorded on the 2nd of October, 2021 Annie Fan - <a href="https://vervepoetrypress.com/product/annie-fan-woundsong/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Woundsong</a>L Kiew - <a href="http://lhhkiew.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">About </a>&amp; <a href="https://www.poetrybooks.co.uk/products/the-unquiet-by-l-kiew" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Unquiet</a>Daryl Lim - <a href="http://www.singlitstation.com/shop/a-book-of-changes-daryl-lim-wei-jie" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Book of Changes</a>Antony Huen - <a href="https://www.york.ac.uk/english/research/researchstudentsprofiles/antonyhuen/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Profile</a> &amp; <a href="https://antonyhuen.mystrikingly.com/#poetry" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Poetry</a>

Breaking Down the Stereotypes

How does a writer approach questions of gender and sexual identity in this day and age? How do we go about mapping the taboo and voicing unspoken desires? How do we redraw boundaries, and how can one appreciate the power of naming? Join poets Nicholas Wong, Lady Red Ego, and Jinhao Xie as they explore these questions in conversation with Annie Fan. Recorded on the 3rd of October, 2021. Nicholas Wong - <a href="http://www.noemipress.org/catalog/poetry/besiegeme/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Besiege Me</a>Lady Red Ego - <a href="https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page/april-hill-natural-sugars" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Natural Sugars</a> Jinhao Xie: <a href="https://linktr.ee/xiejinhao" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Profile </a>

The Mapping of Desire

Melanie Ho, contributor to Asian Review of Books moderates a reading with Eddie Tay, Jason Lee, Louise Leung &amp; David McKirdy, some of the most-celebrated poets living and writing in Hong Kong. Recording from 2nd of October, 2021 David McKirdy: <a href="https://www.waterstones.com/author/david-mckirdy/1732404" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Profile</a>Louise Leung: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/louloubirb/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Profile</a>Jason Lee - <a href=" https://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9781912477821/beds-in-the-east.aspx" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Beds in the East</a>Eddie Tay – <a href="https://www.booksactuallyshop.com/products/dreaming-cities" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dreaming Cities</a>

Voices in Hong Kong

Professor Susheila Nasta, pre-eminent scholar of diasporic literature and founding editor of Wasafiri, talks to Shirley Lim, Jennifer Lee-Tsai, Hannah Lowe and Kit Fan about their childhoods and family history, and how these experiences have transformed their writing journeys. Recorded on the 1st of October, 2021 Jennifer Lee-Tsai's - <a href="https://shop.brookes.ac.uk/product-catalogue/faculty-of-humanities-social-sciences/poetry-pamphlets/kismet-by-jennifer-lee-tsai" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kismet</a>Kit Fan: <a href=" https://www.kitfan.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">About </a>&amp; <a href="https://www.arcpublications.co.uk/books/kit-fan-as-slow-as-possible-584" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">As Slow As Possible</a>Hannah Lowe's - <a href="https://www.bloodaxebooks.com/ecs/product/the-kids-1277" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Kids</a> Shirley Lim - <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/shirley-geok-lin-lim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Selected works</a>

Family History

What is hybridity? Are we not all in a sense hybrid? Lucienne Loh talks to poets Will Harris, Jay G Ying, and Helen Bowell about living between cultures and hyphenated identities, and how they find their own creative voice in that space. Recorded on the 28th of September, 2021 Will Harris: <a href="https://willjharris.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">About </a>Helen Bowell's <a href="https://www.writingsquad.com/helens-debut-pamphlet-with-bad-betty-press/ " rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Forthcoming Pamphlet with Bad Betty Press</a>Jay G Ying: <a href="https://www.jaygying.com/about" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">About </a>

Cultural Hybridity

Can one write poetry without thinking or caring about society? How does reality find its way to the poet’s page? What is a poet’s responsibility- to whom or what do they pledge their allegiances, as they experience and reflect the world? Laura Jane Lee, Natalie Linh Bolderston and Cheng Tim Tim join Sarah Howe for a poetry reading and conversation. Recorded on the 28th of September, 2021 Cheng Tim Tim’s selected poems: <a href="https://cicadamag.org/2021/02/10/landscapes-hong-kong/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cicada</a> &amp; <a href="http://diodepoetry.com/tim-tim-cheng/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Diode</a>Laura Jane Lee’s - <a href="http://www.outspokenldn.com/shop/flinch" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Flinch and Air</a>Natalie Linh Bolderston's – <a href="https://www.poetrybooks.co.uk/products/the-protection-of-ghosts-by-natalie-linh-bolderston" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Projection of Ghosts</a>

Poetry and Society

In conversation with Professor Dorothy Wang, poets Marilyn Chin, Jane Wong and Jay G Ying share and discuss their poetry and approach towards poetic craftsmanship- from the experimental use of forms, the texts and forms that inspire them, and how they continue to “break new ground” in their work. Recorded on the 26th of September, 2021. Jay G Ying - <a href="https://www.jaygying.com/about" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">about </a>Jane Wong - <a href="https://www.alicejamesbooks.org/bookstore/how-to-not-be-afraid-of-everything" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">How to Not Be Afraid of Everything</a> Marilyn Chin - <a href="http://www.marilynchin.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Portrait of the Self as Nation</a> Dorothy Wang - <a href="https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=22053" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Thinking Its Presence</a>

Experimental Poetics

What challenges do poets face as migrants? Marilyn Chin, Jennifer Wong, and Mary Jean Chan, poet-migrants from Hong Kong, read and discuss their work with Professor Robert Hampson (IES), recollecting their arrivals and their changing views about who they are or who have become. Recorded on the 25th September 2021 Mary Jean Chan’s <a href="https://www.faber.co.uk/9780571348046-fl-che.html " rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Flèche</a>Jennifer Wong's <a href="https://ninearchespress.com/publications/poetry-collections/letters-home.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Letters Home 回家</a> -Marilyn Chin’s <a href="https://wwnorton.co.uk/search/contributors?q=Marilyn+Chin&amp;sort=author" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">books</a>

Writers and Migrants

Poets Felix Chow, Akin Jeje, Marco Yin and Kate Rogers in conversation with Tammy Ho, Editor of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal How does poetry reflect or redefine ‘place’ in a cosmopolitan Hong Kong where the East runs in parallel with the West? Who are the locals, or what are the locals? What makes the city unique? Enjoy how these widely-celebrated poets from Hong Kong explore the idea of place in their poetry. Recorded on the 24th of September 2021 Akin Jeje - Smoked Pearl - <a href="https://www.proversepublishing.com/authors/jeje_akin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.proversepublishing.com/authors/jeje_akin</a>Felix Chow – to connect: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/felax28/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/felax28/</a> to find out more about his poems: <a href="https://www.lincolnreview.org/fchow " rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.lincolnreview.org/fchow </a>Marco Yan: to connect <a href="https://www.instagram.com/keepshattering/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/keepshattering/</a> and for more: <a href="https://marcoyan.com/about/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://marcoyan.com/about/</a>Kate Rogers - Out of Place - <a href="https://katerogers.ca/poems/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://katerogers.ca/poems/</a>

Writing from Hong Kong

A Chinese Diaspora Poetry Festival

In collaboration with Wasafiri, Institute of English Studies and promoted via the Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre with the generous support of the Lottery Fund from Arts Council England, we launched a digital Poetics of Home: Chinese diaspora poetry festival in the Autumn of 2021 to connect and showcase the diverse works by established and emerging Anglophone poets writing across the Chinese diaspora. This series is recordings of those events.&nbsp; Through poetry readings and moderated discussions with themes ranging from migration to language and the expression of desire, we aim to promote the appreciation and understanding of the diverse voices writing across the Chinese diaspora nowadays. Event partners include the British Chinese Studies Network, SOAS, Asian Review of Books, Asian Cha and others.

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