60 acast.com Poetics of Home Festival https://poeticsofhome.co.uk/ en Poetics of Home Poetry Poetics of Home A Chinese Diaspora Poetry Festival In collaboration with Wasafiri, Institute of English Studies and promoted via the Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre with the generous support of the Lottery Fund from Arts Council England, we launched a digital Poetics of Home: Chinese diaspora poetry festival in the Autumn of 2021 to connect and showcase the diverse works by established and emerging Anglophone poets writing across the Chinese diaspora. This series is recordings of those events. 


Through poetry readings and moderated discussions with themes ranging from migration to language and the expression of desire, we aim to promote the appreciation and understanding of the diverse voices writing across the Chinese diaspora nowadays.


Event partners include the British Chinese Studies Network, SOAS, Asian Review of Books, Asian Cha and others.

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]]> In collaboration with Wasafiri, Institute of English Studies and promoted via the Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre with the generous support of the Lottery Fund from Arts Council England, we launched a digital Poetics of Home: Chinese diaspora poetry festival in the Autumn of 2021 to connect and showcase the diverse works by established and emerging Anglophone poets writing across the Chinese diaspora. This series is recordings of those events. 


Through poetry readings and moderated discussions with themes ranging from migration to language and the expression of desire, we aim to promote the appreciation and understanding of the diverse voices writing across the Chinese diaspora nowadays.


Event partners include the British Chinese Studies Network, SOAS, Asian Review of Books, Asian Cha and others.

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]]> false Poetics of Home info+6183f363b183d200138d61f9@mg-eu.acast.com 6183f363b183d200138d61f9 poh-festival episodic https://assets.pippa.io/shows/undefined/1636037253735-190ea9b848d1a016bd59aff32456b76d.jpeg https://poeticsofhome.co.uk/ Poetics of Home Festival The Mapping of Desire The Mapping of Desire Mon, 07 Feb 2022 07:00:47 GMT 1:24:49 619384bb9e5bd6001286b168 false https://poeticsofhome.co.uk/event-no-11-mapping-the-desire 619384bb9e5bd6001286b168 6183f363b183d200138d61f9 the-mapping-of-desire full 1 10 How does a writer approach questions of gender and sexual identity in this day and age? How do we go about mapping the taboo and voicing unspoken desires? How do we redraw boundaries, and how can one appreciate the power of naming? Join poets Nicholas Wong, Lady Red Ego, and Jinhao Xie as they explore these questions in conversation with Annie Fan.


Recorded on the 3rd of October, 2021.


Nicholas Wong - Besiege Me

Lady Red Ego - Natural Sugars

Jinhao Xie: Profile

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]]> How does a writer approach questions of gender and sexual identity in this day and age? How do we go about mapping the taboo and voicing unspoken desires? How do we redraw boundaries, and how can one appreciate the power of naming? Join poets Nicholas Wong, Lady Red Ego, and Jinhao Xie as they explore these questions in conversation with Annie Fan.


Recorded on the 3rd of October, 2021.


Nicholas Wong - Besiege Me

Lady Red Ego - Natural Sugars

Jinhao Xie: Profile

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]]> Voices in Hong Kong Voices in Hong Kong Mon, 31 Jan 2022 07:00:14 GMT 1:23:26 61938436747c05001324aaad false https://poeticsofhome.co.uk/event-no-10-voices-from-hong-kong 61938436747c05001324aaad 6183f363b183d200138d61f9 voices-in-hong-kong full 1 9 Melanie Ho, contributor to Asian Review of Books moderates a reading with Eddie Tay, Jason Lee, Louise Leung & David McKirdy, some of the most-celebrated poets living and writing in Hong Kong.


Recording from 2nd of October, 2021


David McKirdy: Profile

Louise Leung: Profile

Jason Lee - Beds in the East

Eddie Tay – Dreaming Cities

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]]> Melanie Ho, contributor to Asian Review of Books moderates a reading with Eddie Tay, Jason Lee, Louise Leung & David McKirdy, some of the most-celebrated poets living and writing in Hong Kong.


Recording from 2nd of October, 2021


David McKirdy: Profile

Louise Leung: Profile

Jason Lee - Beds in the East

Eddie Tay – Dreaming Cities

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]]> Breaking Down the Stereotypes Breaking Down the Stereotypes Mon, 24 Jan 2022 07:00:18 GMT 1:27:47 6193837c46ff2b0013e10fbf false https://poeticsofhome.co.uk/breaking-down-stereotypes 6193837c46ff2b0013e10fbf 6183f363b183d200138d61f9 breaking-down-the-stereotypes full 1 8 Eddie Tay speaks to poets L Kiew, Annie Fan, Antony Huen and Daryl Lim Wei Jie about how poetry can help break down unjust stereotypes and bring about a greater sense of equality. From translating and reinventing classical Chinese poetry, to the use of multilingual expressions, these poets reflect on the dismantling of stereotypes and injustices in our society.


Recorded on the 2nd of October, 2021


Annie Fan - Woundsong

L Kiew - About & The Unquiet

Daryl Lim - A Book of Changes

Antony Huen - Profile & Poetry

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]]> Eddie Tay speaks to poets L Kiew, Annie Fan, Antony Huen and Daryl Lim Wei Jie about how poetry can help break down unjust stereotypes and bring about a greater sense of equality. From translating and reinventing classical Chinese poetry, to the use of multilingual expressions, these poets reflect on the dismantling of stereotypes and injustices in our society.


Recorded on the 2nd of October, 2021


Annie Fan - Woundsong

L Kiew - About & The Unquiet

Daryl Lim - A Book of Changes

Antony Huen - Profile & Poetry

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]]> Family History Family History Mon, 17 Jan 2022 07:00:31 GMT 1:36:48 6193829a7015980013805e9b false https://poeticsofhome.co.uk/family-history 6193829a7015980013805e9b 6183f363b183d200138d61f9 family-history full 1 7 Professor Susheila Nasta, pre-eminent scholar of diasporic literature and founding editor of Wasafiri, talks to Shirley Lim, Jennifer Lee-Tsai, Hannah Lowe and Kit Fan about their childhoods and family history, and how these experiences have transformed their writing journeys.


Recorded on the 1st of October, 2021


Jennifer Lee-Tsai's - Kismet

Kit Fan: About & As Slow As Possible

Hannah Lowe's - The Kids

Shirley Lim - Selected works

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]]> Professor Susheila Nasta, pre-eminent scholar of diasporic literature and founding editor of Wasafiri, talks to Shirley Lim, Jennifer Lee-Tsai, Hannah Lowe and Kit Fan about their childhoods and family history, and how these experiences have transformed their writing journeys.


Recorded on the 1st of October, 2021


Jennifer Lee-Tsai's - Kismet

Kit Fan: About & As Slow As Possible

Hannah Lowe's - The Kids

Shirley Lim - Selected works

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]]> Cultural Hybridity Cultural Hybridity Mon, 10 Jan 2022 07:00:16 GMT 1:30:15 619381d065c5620016c4baa2 false https://poeticsofhome.co.uk/event-no-6-cultural-hybridity 619381d065c5620016c4baa2 6183f363b183d200138d61f9 cultural-hybridity full 1 6 What is hybridity? Are we not all in a sense hybrid? Lucienne Loh talks to poets Will Harris, Jay G Ying, and Helen Bowell about living between cultures and hyphenated identities, and how they find their own creative voice in that space.


Recorded on the 28th of September, 2021


Will Harris: About

Helen Bowell's Forthcoming Pamphlet with Bad Betty Press

Jay G Ying: About

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]]> What is hybridity? Are we not all in a sense hybrid? Lucienne Loh talks to poets Will Harris, Jay G Ying, and Helen Bowell about living between cultures and hyphenated identities, and how they find their own creative voice in that space.


Recorded on the 28th of September, 2021


Will Harris: About

Helen Bowell's Forthcoming Pamphlet with Bad Betty Press

Jay G Ying: About

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]]> Poetry and Society Poetry and Society Mon, 03 Jan 2022 07:00:00 GMT 1:24:38 6193807bff1cc1001296f154 false https://poeticsofhome.co.uk/poetry-society 6193807bff1cc1001296f154 6183f363b183d200138d61f9 poetry-and-society full 1 5 Can one write poetry without thinking or caring about society? How does reality find its way to the poet’s page? What is a poet’s responsibility- to whom or what do they pledge their allegiances, as they experience and reflect the world? Laura Jane Lee, Natalie Linh Bolderston and Cheng Tim Tim join Sarah Howe for a poetry reading and conversation.


Recorded on the 28th of September, 2021


Cheng Tim Tim’s selected poems: Cicada & Diode

Laura Jane Lee’s - Flinch and Air

Natalie Linh Bolderston's – The Projection of Ghosts

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]]> Can one write poetry without thinking or caring about society? How does reality find its way to the poet’s page? What is a poet’s responsibility- to whom or what do they pledge their allegiances, as they experience and reflect the world? Laura Jane Lee, Natalie Linh Bolderston and Cheng Tim Tim join Sarah Howe for a poetry reading and conversation.


Recorded on the 28th of September, 2021


Cheng Tim Tim’s selected poems: Cicada & Diode

Laura Jane Lee’s - Flinch and Air

Natalie Linh Bolderston's – The Projection of Ghosts

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]]> Experimental Poetics Experimental Poetics Mon, 27 Dec 2021 07:00:47 GMT 1:36:56 61937fda77db860014cbfa70 false https://poeticsofhome.co.uk/event-no-5-experimental-poetics 61937fda77db860014cbfa70 6183f363b183d200138d61f9 experimental-poetics full 1 4 In conversation with Professor Dorothy Wang, poets Marilyn Chin, Jane Wong and Jay G Ying share and discuss their poetry and approach towards poetic craftsmanship- from the experimental use of forms, the texts and forms that inspire them, and how they continue to “break new ground” in their work.


Recorded on the 26th of September, 2021.


Jay G Ying - about

Jane Wong - How to Not Be Afraid of Everything

Marilyn Chin - A Portrait of the Self as Nation

Dorothy Wang - Thinking Its Presence

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]]> In conversation with Professor Dorothy Wang, poets Marilyn Chin, Jane Wong and Jay G Ying share and discuss their poetry and approach towards poetic craftsmanship- from the experimental use of forms, the texts and forms that inspire them, and how they continue to “break new ground” in their work.


Recorded on the 26th of September, 2021.


Jay G Ying - about

Jane Wong - How to Not Be Afraid of Everything

Marilyn Chin - A Portrait of the Self as Nation

Dorothy Wang - Thinking Its Presence

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]]> Writers and Migrants Writers and Migrants Mon, 20 Dec 2021 07:00:47 GMT 1:36:11 61937f2346ff2b0013e0fa8c false https://poeticsofhome.co.uk/event-3-writer-migrant 61937f2346ff2b0013e0fa8c 6183f363b183d200138d61f9 writers-and-migrants full 1 3 What challenges do poets face as migrants? Marilyn Chin, Jennifer Wong, and Mary Jean Chan, poet-migrants from Hong Kong, read and discuss their work with Professor Robert Hampson (IES), recollecting their arrivals and their changing views about who they are or who have become.


Recorded on the 25th September 2021


Mary Jean Chan’s Flèche

Jennifer Wong's Letters Home 回家 -

Marilyn Chin’s books

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]]> What challenges do poets face as migrants? Marilyn Chin, Jennifer Wong, and Mary Jean Chan, poet-migrants from Hong Kong, read and discuss their work with Professor Robert Hampson (IES), recollecting their arrivals and their changing views about who they are or who have become.


Recorded on the 25th September 2021


Mary Jean Chan’s Flèche

Jennifer Wong's Letters Home 回家 -

Marilyn Chin’s books

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]]> Writing from Hong Kong Writing from Hong Kong Mon, 13 Dec 2021 07:00:31 GMT 1:57:24 61937e31bd341f0015911948 false https://poeticsofhome.co.uk/event-no-2-writing-from-hong-kong-language-and-place-making 61937e31bd341f0015911948 6183f363b183d200138d61f9 writing-from-hong-kong full 1 2 Poets Felix Chow, Akin Jeje, Marco Yin and Kate Rogers in conversation with Tammy Ho, Editor of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal


How does poetry reflect or redefine ‘place’ in a cosmopolitan Hong Kong where the East runs in parallel with the West? Who are the locals, or what are the locals? What makes the city unique? Enjoy how these widely-celebrated poets from Hong Kong explore the idea of place in their poetry.


Recorded on the 24th of September 2021


Akin Jeje - Smoked Pearl - https://www.proversepublishing.com/authors/jeje_akin

Felix Chow – to connect: https://www.instagram.com/felax28/ to find out more about his poems: https://www.lincolnreview.org/fchow

Marco Yan: to connect https://www.instagram.com/keepshattering/ and for more: https://marcoyan.com/about/

Kate Rogers - Out of Place - https://katerogers.ca/poems/

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]]> Poets Felix Chow, Akin Jeje, Marco Yin and Kate Rogers in conversation with Tammy Ho, Editor of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal


How does poetry reflect or redefine ‘place’ in a cosmopolitan Hong Kong where the East runs in parallel with the West? Who are the locals, or what are the locals? What makes the city unique? Enjoy how these widely-celebrated poets from Hong Kong explore the idea of place in their poetry.


Recorded on the 24th of September 2021


Akin Jeje - Smoked Pearl - https://www.proversepublishing.com/authors/jeje_akin

Felix Chow – to connect: https://www.instagram.com/felax28/ to find out more about his poems: https://www.lincolnreview.org/fchow

Marco Yan: to connect https://www.instagram.com/keepshattering/ and for more: https://marcoyan.com/about/

Kate Rogers - Out of Place - https://katerogers.ca/poems/

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]]> Place and Displacement Place and Displacement Mon, 06 Dec 2021 07:00:04 GMT 1:23:50 6183f48eabbda200149cf0d2 false https://poeticsofhome.co.uk/event-place-displacement 6183f48eabbda200149cf0d2 6183f363b183d200138d61f9 place-and-displacement full 1 1 A poetry reading and discussion with Sarah Howe, Sean Wai Keung, Fiona Sze-Lorrain moderated by Malachi McIntosh, editor of Wasafiri.


How do these three poets learn to love or claim their sense of place? Malachi, editor of Wasafiri, discuss with the three their multicultural heritage and their experience of place(s), from the food they cook to the people they most miss.


A recording from the event held on the 22nd of September, 2021.


Sean Wai Keung’s latest collection Sikfan Glaschu (Verve Poetry)

Fiona Sze-Lorrain - her latest collection: Rain in Plural (Princeton University Press)

Sarah Howe - her award-winning collection Loop of Jade (Chatto & Windus)

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]]> A poetry reading and discussion with Sarah Howe, Sean Wai Keung, Fiona Sze-Lorrain moderated by Malachi McIntosh, editor of Wasafiri.


How do these three poets learn to love or claim their sense of place? Malachi, editor of Wasafiri, discuss with the three their multicultural heritage and their experience of place(s), from the food they cook to the people they most miss.


A recording from the event held on the 22nd of September, 2021.


Sean Wai Keung’s latest collection Sikfan Glaschu (Verve Poetry)

Fiona Sze-Lorrain - her latest collection: Rain in Plural (Princeton University Press)

Sarah Howe - her award-winning collection Loop of Jade (Chatto & Windus)

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