photo reproduced from Chiu Chin chuan (1969)
So the Supreme Court has rolled back reproductive rights for women once again and across the nation anti-abortionists chomp and jeer over the victory. What I am curious about isn’t that a group of ultra-conservative male judges would pass laws making women second class citizens by […]
My friend Mistletoe wrote recently suggesting a new poet I should read, Li Ch’ing-chao (the modernized version of her name is Li Qingzhao 李清照).
All sources I read credit her with being one of the best poets of China. She lived from 1084 to 1151, during a time of great war and chaos […]
We must tell the truth about evil conditions to those for whom the conditions are worst, and we must also learn the truth from them. We must address not only people who hold certain views, but people who, because of their situation, should hold these views. — Bertolt Brecht.
After I wrote about the Chinese poet […]
My friend Ruelaine just sent this notice to me. Now I share it with you:
It’s National Poetry Month, and the poetry scene in the Greater Lansing Area is hot! Join the Old Poets and the NuPoet Collective for a POETRY JAM on Tuesday, April 17th at Gregory’s Ice and Smoke, 2510 N. Martin […]
In a culture dominated by male poets it is refreshing to discover other voices, even if one must look a little harder to find them. In ancient China, during the Tang dynasty (618 — 907 AD), women poets could be found working in several occupations but a large number were entertainers or courtesans. […]