Words and the World (Twenty-volume Set)

by Gilbert Fong (Editor), Shelby Chan (Editor), Lucas Klein (Editor)

Drawn from Hong Kong International Poetry Nights 2011, Words and the World (Twenty-volume Set) is an extended edition of the single-volume anthology Words and the International Poetry Nights in Hong Kong . It comprises twenty pocket-sized chapbooks encased in a fine paper box, each containing more selected works by one of the internationally renowned poets included in the anthology, accompanied by English and/or Chinese translations. The goal of the collection is to disseminate and make accessible the best of contemporary international poetry through high quality translations. Each of the twenty volumes can also be purchased separately.

Poets ía Baranda, Régis Bonvicino, Arkadii Dragomoshchenko, Bejan Matur, Paul Muldoon, Vivek Narayanan, Tomaž Šalamun, Silke Scheuermann, Shuntaro Tanikawa, C. D, Wright, Chen Ko Hua, Ling Yu, Lo Chih Cheng, Tian Yuan, Wong Leung Wo, Xi Chuan, Yao Feng, Yip Fai, Yu Jian, Yu Xiang.

1200 pages, Paperback

First published March 6, 2012