{"id":4306,"date":"2018-11-26T20:30:53","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T12:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=4306"},"modified":"2018-11-27T09:38:28","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T01:38:28","slug":"through-the-mist-poetry-translation-conversation-with-yang-lian-and-richard-berengarten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=4306","title":{"rendered":"Through the Mist: Poetry, Translation, Conversation with Yang Lian and Richard Berengarten"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wNF1IzIu4b8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Yang Lian \u6768\u70bc reading with Richard Berengarten at the Cambridge University Poetry and Prose Society.<\/p>\n<p>For more on Berengarten and Yang Lian, see my reviews of <a href=\"http:\/\/poeticsresearch.com\/article\/lucas-klein-reviews-richard-berengartens-changing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Changing<\/em><\/a> and of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.raintaxi.com\/yi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Yi\u00a0<\/em><\/a>(my preliminary thoughts on <em>Yi <\/em>would later develop into my chapter on Yang Lian in <a href=\"https:\/\/brill.com\/abstract\/title\/36511\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Organization of Distance<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yang Lian \u6768\u70bc reading with Richard Berengarten at the Cambridge University Poetry and Prose Society. For more on Berengarten and Yang Lian, see my reviews of Changing and of Yi\u00a0(my preliminary thoughts on Yi would later develop into my chapter &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=4306\">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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3,11],"tags":[1985,21],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8srwF-17s","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":641,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=641","url_meta":{"origin":4306,"position":0},"title":"Yang Lian Wins 2011 Nonino International Prize for Literature","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"January 20, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"In other contemporary Chinese poetry news, Yang Lian has been awarded the prestigious Nonino International Prize for Literature for 2011.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Links&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Links","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mosaicrooms.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/yangsmallsq.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2577,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=2577","url_meta":{"origin":4306,"position":1},"title":"Yang Lian in Michigan at The Struggle of Memory Against Forgetting","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"April 10, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"As part of a three-day retrospective event to mark the 25th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Student Movement of 1989, Yang Lian \u6768\u70bc will be giving a reading at the University of Michigan as part of The Struggle of Memory Against Forgetting: Tiananmen 25 Years On. 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