Read Poetry|Selected Poems by Liang Ping

Read Poetry|Selected Poems by Liang Ping

Belgrade’s Pain Trs. by Xiaoyuan   Yugoslavia, gone, Old Chinese Embassy site,       pulled down. At the corner of the       construction site, a marble      slab Is indulged in black humor An epitaph with the names of      two young men Stands more desolately...
Read Poetry|Selected Poems by Gong Xuemin

Read Poetry|Selected Poems by Gong Xuemin

Leopard Trs. by Fan Jinghua   In the 1970s, on the wall  behind our county co-op  counter hung a piece of  leopard pelt purchased  from a peasant.       ——Note   Bring it on, I turn the grapeshot from my       previous life to blossoms       over my body.  ...
Read Poetry|Selected Poems of Zhai Yongming

Read Poetry|Selected Poems of Zhai Yongming

The Chalk Circle [1] Trs. by Xiaoyuan   In the chalk circle stands son of       man Made from fluid of earth  semen      of heaven  In solitude  he grows  a little       bigger  Helpless to choose   Outside the chalk circle  stand       two women  Of unknown...
From “doing works” to “doing things.”

From “doing works” to “doing things.”

Zhou Bin: Yes, we used your blue bowls you donated to the Archives. These days it’s been pretty sunny in Chengdu. Yesterday we all sat on the rooftop, basked in the sun, drank tea, and chatted. We had the first meeting of the UP-ON Performance Art Archive this year....