{"id":1807,"date":"2013-04-10T09:30:36","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T01:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=1807"},"modified":"2013-04-10T00:47:05","modified_gmt":"2013-04-09T16:47:05","slug":"manoa-winter-2012-on-freedom-spirit-art-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=1807","title":{"rendered":"Manoa Winter 2012: On Freedom&#8211;Spirit, Art, &#038; State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/manoaonline.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-661 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/manoaonline.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/24-2-front.jpg?w=209&#038;h=300&#038;resize=209%2C300\" alt=\"24-2 front\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><strong><strong><\/strong><em>Winter 2012<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The various meanings of freedom are difficult to explain in the discursive language of theory and philosophy. But authors of fiction, poetry, and other narrative forms\u2014using metaphor, parable, and figurative speech\u2014are often at home with what is difficult and too subtle for reason alone.<\/p>\n<p>Residing in countries throughout Asia and North America, the authors in\u00a0<em>On Freedom<\/em> help us understand the need for cultural, spiritual, and intellectual freedoms in order to have a life that is fully realized.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>New translations of fiction by A Yi and Zhang Yihe (translated by Karen Gernant and Chen Zeping), non-fiction by Woeser (translated by Dechen Pemba), and poetry by Chen Dongdong (translated by Fiona Sze-Lorrain), co-edited by Frank Stewart and Sze-Lorrain.<\/p>\n<p>To purchase individual copies, please <a href=\"http:\/\/manoajournal.hawaii.edu\/text\/ordering\/orderpage.html\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<br \/>\nTo purchase subscriptions, please visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uhpress.hawaii.edu\/p-8520-manoa.aspx?journal=1\" target=\"_blank\">University of Hawai\u2018i Press ordering page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter 2012 The various meanings of freedom are difficult to explain in the discursive language of theory and philosophy. But authors of fiction, poetry, and other narrative forms\u2014using metaphor, parable, and figurative speech\u2014are often at home with what is difficult &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=1807\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3],"tags":[1036,136,1039,1040,228,624,1038,400,1037],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8srwF-t9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1036,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=1036","url_meta":{"origin":1807,"position":0},"title":"Sky Lanterns: Poetry from China, Formosa, and Beyond","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"July 15, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The new issue of M\u0101noa is available, edited by Frank Stewart with Fiona Sze-Lorrain: Sky Lanterns brings together innovative work by authors\u2014primarily poets\u2014in mainland China, Taiwan, the United States, and beyond who are engaged in truth-seeking, resistance, and renewal. 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