{"id":594,"date":"2012-01-03T23:11:39","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T15:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=594"},"modified":"2012-01-03T23:12:03","modified_gmt":"2012-01-03T15:12:03","slug":"xi-chuan-at-seattle-public-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=594","title":{"rendered":"Xi Chuan at Seattle Public Library"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Xi<\/a>On January 9, three days after Xi Chuan’s talk at the MLA<\/a>, the Seattle Public Library<\/a> will host a reading with him and Prof. Paul Manfredi <\/a>in an event co-sponsored by the Elliot Bay Book Company<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is from the Library’s press release:<\/p>\n

[Xi] Chuan is the internationally award-winning author of five collections of poems, two books of essays, one book of criticism and a play. He has translated works by authors ranging from Ezra Pound to Jorge Luis Borges to Czelaw Milosz.<\/p>\n

The program is free and open to the public. No registration is required. Parking is available in the Central Library garage for $5 evening rate. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Elliot Bay Book Co. have ordered copies of the Tinfish chapbook Yours Truly & Other Poems<\/em><\/a> for the event, and copies of A Song of the Corner<\/em><\/a> should be available while supplies last.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On January 9, three days after Xi Chuan’s talk at the MLA, the Seattle Public Library will host a reading with him and Prof. Paul Manfredi in an event co-sponsored by the Elliot Bay Book Company. 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