{"id":4902,"date":"2020-11-25T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T01:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=4902"},"modified":"2020-11-17T12:28:32","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T04:28:32","slug":"proctor-xu-wins-39th-annual-northern-california-book-award-for-song-lin-translation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=4902","title":{"rendered":"Proctor Xu wins 39th Annual Northern California Book Award for Song Lin translation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/poetryflash.org\/programs\/?p=ncba_2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-attachment-id=\"4903\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?attachment_id=4903\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xichuanpoetry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/image.png?fit=1003%2C221&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1003,221\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xichuanpoetry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/image.png?fit=300%2C66&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xichuanpoetry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/image.png?fit=584%2C129&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"584\" height=\"129\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xichuanpoetry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/image.png?resize=584%2C129&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xichuanpoetry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/image.png?w=1003&amp;ssl=1 1003w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xichuanpoetry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/image.png?resize=300%2C66&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xichuanpoetry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/image.png?resize=768%2C169&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xichuanpoetry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/image.png?resize=1000%2C221&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xichuanpoetry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/image.png?resize=500%2C110&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption><a href=\"http:\/\/poetryflash.org\/programs\/?p=ncba_2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jami Proctor Xu wins NCBA for translating Song Lin&#8217;s <em>Sunday Sparrows<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Congrats to Jami Proctor Xu for winning the Northern California Book Award for her translation of <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zephyrpress.org\/product-page\/sunday-sparrows-by-song-lin\" target=\"_blank\">Sunday Sparrows<\/a><\/em> (Zephyr Press), a collection of poems by Song Lin \u5b8b\u7433.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/poetryflash.org\/programs\/?p=ncba_2020\" target=\"_blank\">here <\/a>for this year&#8217;s full list of NCBA nominees and winners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congrats to Jami Proctor Xu for winning the Northern California Book Award for her translation of Sunday Sparrows (Zephyr Press), a collection of poems by Song Lin \u5b8b\u7433. Click here for this year&#8217;s full list of NCBA nominees and winners.<\/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":[3,1],"tags":[405,133],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8srwF-1h4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4816,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=4816","url_meta":{"origin":4902,"position":0},"title":"Zoom Event\u2014Translators Speak: Translating Chinese Poetry","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"June 11, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Translators Speak: Translating Chinese Poetry ZOOM: https:\/\/bit.ly\/2YHxitE (Meeting ID: 959 2591 8289)Saturday June 13, 11:00 a.m. Hong Kong time (click here to find the date & time for you) Congratulations to Zephyr Press! 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