{"id":895,"date":"2012-05-02T10:44:33","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T02:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=895"},"modified":"2012-05-02T10:44:33","modified_gmt":"2012-05-02T02:44:33","slug":"new-directions-may-2012-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=895","title":{"rendered":"New Directions May 2012 Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"New<\/a>The May 2012 newsletter<\/a> is out from New Directions<\/a>, with links and news about events, readings, and new publications, including celebrations of Kenneth Rexroth<\/a> in Corte Madera <\/a>and San Francisco<\/a>, Nathaniel Tarn<\/a> reading in Chicago<\/a> and Ann Arbor<\/a>, and a new book by by Robert Walser<\/a> translated by Christopher Middleton<\/a> with Susan Bernofsky<\/a>, and of course Xi Chuan<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The May 2012 newsletter is out from New Directions, with links and news about events, readings, and new publications, including celebrations of Kenneth Rexroth in Corte Madera and San Francisco, Nathaniel Tarn reading in Chicago and Ann Arbor, and a … 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":[3,7],"tags":[504,30,58,44,503,496,1654],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8srwF-er","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":940,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=940","url_meta":{"origin":895,"position":0},"title":"New Directions New Homepage","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"May 26, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"New Directions has updated their website's homepage, with my translation of Xi Chuan's Notes on the Mosquito making the display, right between a new collection of Kenneth Rexroth's writings, Thomas Merton On Eastern Meditation, and Natasha Wimmer's translation of Roberto Bola\u00f1o's first novel.","rel":"","context":"In "Links"","block_context":{"text":"Links","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":38,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=38","url_meta":{"origin":895,"position":1},"title":"Xi Chuan on Tagore and Modern Chinese Poetry","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"October 7, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I just came across the following video, a lecture by Xi Chuan in English from Spring, 2009, to the Columbia University Alumni Association in Beijing. 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