The Flowering Mind Summit Founder Iris He invited Anna Yin to share her poems and her poetry journey at the Living Your Dream Life Summit (Jan 11- Jan 20 free event) to help others to find their passion and fulfil their dream.
Here is a short video summarizing the interviews in English. Thanks the League of Canadian Poets for funding.
江南/Frank Jiang, 作者/Author
把时光绕进诗里——江南诗选
Winding Time into Poetry/Frank Jiang
First book edition Feb, 2021
ISBN 978-0-9739148-4-9 (book)
Editor/编辑：Anna Yin (星子安娜)
Cover Designer/封面设计：Oliver Yang (杨鸿)
Mirrors and Windows is a selection of representative work of 56 Canadian, American and Chinese modern poets with translation by Anna Yin. It includes 36 accomplished English-language poets’ work with Anna’s Chinese translation, and 20 skilled Chinese-language poets’ work with Anna’s English translation. It provides various styles and topics from the work of a wide range of ages of modern poets of East and West.
Thank Guernica Editions for scheduling the book for fall 2021 launch on Oct. 1 2021
In 2020, Anna Yin hosted Poetry in Translation /East Meets West (4+1) with four contributors: George Elliott Clarke, Molly Peacock, Alice Major and A. F. Moritz.
Here are videos for these events. Stay tune for more in 2021.
* Cultural Event Organizing
* Translations (Chinese/English)
* Editing / Book Publishing / Reviewing
Congratulations on Norman Wang for his first chapbook!
Anna Yin’s new poems on Live Encounters Poetry & Writing ‘s 11th anniversary issue:
Thanks Mark Ulyseas and Terry McDonagh, Read digital mag
Anna Yin’s poems in Live Encounters Poetry & Writing’s Special Issue:
*Winter Solstice
*Beginning of Autumn
*Hill Song
*On Translation
Thanks Mark Ulyseas and Terry McDonagh. Read digital mag
The Series of online Poetry in Translation seminars has been successful, the final one was a group session which was on Oct 3, afternoon 3:00-4:30 with all four featured poets and Michael Mirolla, Guernica Editions joining us.
Thank you all join us. Thank the League of Canadian Poets for funding.
Co-host by The East and West Learning Club
We are also happy to share Review and Feedback
The Art Bar Poetry Series Feature Frances Boyle and Anna YinGeorge Elliott Clarke and Anna Yin discussed poetry, translations and life experiences with writing poetry related to political issues, difficult history and identity etc. They also shared the view of poets laureate’s role for politics.
The 4th Poet Laureate of Toronto (2012-15) and the 7th Parliamentary/Canadian Poet Laureate (2016-17), George Elliott Clarke is a revered artist in song, drama, fiction, screenplay, essays, and poetry. Born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, in 1960, Clarke was educated at the University of Waterloo, Dalhousie University, and Queen’s University. Clarke is also a pioneering scholar of African-Canadian literature. A professor of English at the University of Toronto, Clarke has taught at Duke, McGill, the University of British Columbia, and Harvard. He holds eight honorary doctorates, plus appointments to the Order of Nova Scotia and the Order of Canada at the rank of Officer. His recognitions include the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Fellows Prize, the Governor-General’s Award for Poetry, the National Magazine Gold Award for Poetry,, the Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction, the Eric Hoffer Book Award for Poetry (US), and the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Achievement Award.
