{"id":605,"date":"2012-01-09T09:47:29","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T01:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=605"},"modified":"2012-01-09T09:47:29","modified_gmt":"2012-01-09T01:47:29","slug":"monday-evening-in-seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=605","title":{"rendered":"Monday Evening in Seattle"},"content":{"rendered":"

from the Seattle Public Library’s web calendar<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Chinese poet Xi Chuan reads from works Jan. 9 at The Seattle Public Library<\/strong>
\n\"Xi<\/p>\n

Chinese poet, essayist and translator Xi Chuan will read from several of his works, including “Yours Truly & Other Poems” and “Notes on the Mosquito: Selected Poems,” from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 9 at The Seattle Public Library, Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave., Level 4, Room 1.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

from the Seattle Public Library’s web calendar: Chinese poet Xi Chuan reads from works Jan. 9 at The Seattle Public Library Chinese poet, essayist and translator Xi Chuan will read from several of his works, including “Yours Truly & Other … Continue reading →<\/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":[3,31,9,7],"tags":[32,1654],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8srwF-9L","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":594,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=594","url_meta":{"origin":605,"position":0},"title":"Xi Chuan at Seattle Public Library","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"January 3, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"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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