{"id":3196,"date":"2015-06-10T09:30:55","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T01:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=3196"},"modified":"2015-06-09T10:13:46","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T02:13:46","slug":"two-xi-chuan-poems-in-new-paris-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=3196","title":{"rendered":"Two Xi Chuan poems in new Paris Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"back-issues-left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/poetry\/6389\/two-poems-xi-chuan\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"largeimg blackimg alignright\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theparisreview.org\/uploads\/a40205fba9\/current_issue\/213_Cover.jpg?w=584\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><em>The Paris Review<\/em> has published my translations of two new Xi Chuan poems, &#8220;Mourning Problems&#8221; \u60bc\u5ff5\u4e4b\u95ee\u9898 and &#8220;Awake in Nanjing&#8221; \u9192\u5728\u5357\u4eac, the former of which is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/poetry\/6389\/two-poems-xi-chuan\" target=\"_blank\">available online for free<\/a> (&#8220;Awake in Nanjing&#8221; is available in print and online for subscribers). Here&#8217;s how it begins:<\/div>\n<div class=\"back-issues-left\"><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"back-issues-left\">an ant dies, and no one mourns<br \/>\na bird dies, and no one mourns if it isn\u2019t a crested ibis<br \/>\na monkey dies, and monkeys mourn<br \/>\na monkey dies, and people pry open its skull<br \/>\na shark dies, and another shark keeps swimming<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"back-issues-left\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"back-issues-left\">Click on the image to link to the poem. (Also check out the interviews with poet and translator Peter Cole, and Russian translator duo Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Paris Review has published my translations of two new Xi Chuan poems, &#8220;Mourning Problems&#8221; \u60bc\u5ff5\u4e4b\u95ee\u9898 and &#8220;Awake in Nanjing&#8221; \u9192\u5728\u5357\u4eac, the former of which is available online for free (&#8220;Awake in Nanjing&#8221; is available in print and online for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=3196\">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":[3,7],"tags":[1613,349,1614,1612,1654],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8srwF-Py","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1370,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=1370","url_meta":{"origin":3196,"position":0},"title":"Bookslut Reviews Notes on the Mosquito","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"November 12, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The online literary journal Bookslut has posted Greer Mansfield's excellent review of my translation of Xi Chuan titled \"Notes on Xi Chuan\u2019s Notes on the Mosquito: Selected Poems.\" Here's an excerpt: Xi Chuan has translated Borges and even written a poem about him, but these prose poems bring to mind\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Links&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Links","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":706,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=706","url_meta":{"origin":3196,"position":1},"title":"Tumblr Reblogs of Xi Chuan&#8217;s Window","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"February 9, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"A couple days ago I posted a link to the view from Xi Chuan's studio window as drawn by Matteo Pericoli posted on the Paris Review Daily. 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