{"id":3490,"date":"2016-05-11T09:30:38","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T01:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=3490"},"modified":"2016-05-09T22:35:11","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T14:35:11","slug":"turner-on-ouyang-jianghe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=3490","title":{"rendered":"Turner on Ouyang Jianghe"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"image3\"Ouyang Jianghe \u6b27\u9633\u6c5f\u6cb3 gave a reading at the China Institute <\/a>on May 7th, moderated by Yibing Huang (poet Mai Mang \u9ea6\u8292). Here’s Matt Turner’s write-up of the event:<\/p>\n

BUILDING POETRY WITH MATERIAL<\/strong><\/p>\n

Poet Ouyang Jianghe gave a poetry reading at the China Institute in New York, followed by a discussion with poet and professor Yibing Huang, as part of a delegation of writers from mainland China brought to the US by the Beijing Contemporary Art Foundation. The event was in Chinese and English, with the help of a very skilled interpreter.<\/p>\n

Around 20 people came to see the reading in a small lecture hall, and all could probably speak at least some Chinese. Notably, I didn\u2019t recognize anyone from the local poetry scene there. For the US, it was an audience of outsiders: ethnically, linguistically, and also outside of the New York literary world.<\/p>\n

Ouyang Jianghe began his reading with a long poem from his collection Doubled Shadows<\/em>, followed by several sections of his serial poem \u201cPhoenix.\u201d After each poem, the interpreter would read from the English translation. Despite some problems with the microphone, Ouyang Jianghe captured the attention of the audience with his distinct style of dramatic reading.<\/p>\n

The discussion included questions from Yibing Huang about the manner in which Ouyang Jianghe wrote, about his sources of inspiration, about his poetics, and about the relationship of contemporary Chinese poetry to Classical poetry. Audience members also asked about the relationship of his poetry to current economics, and about his language use. I will try to summarize a few of Ouyang Jianghe\u2019s points below.<\/p>\n