[New-Poetry] from Jesse Glass

[Anny Ballardini]

Dear All,

Anyone familiar with classical Chinese and Japanese literature in
translation knows Burton Watson.  Happily, Burton is my neighbor and my
friend, and he agreed to allow Ahadada Books to "scoop" Columbia
University Press (Burton's usual publisher) by publishing Late Poems of
Lu You; The Old Man Who Does As He Pleases in a very attractive
bilingual addition, which also includes excerpts from Lu You's travel
diary.

Lu You (1125--1210) was among the most prolific of Song Dynasty poets.
His poems are notable for communicating a carefree enjoyment of life.
Burton Watson's limpid versions capture the spirit of the originals,
and are a joy to read as poems in themselves.

Small Press Distribution has a number of copies on hand for sale (a large
box of them are on the way to Berkeley from Japan even as I write), and
the book has already garnered a great review from Donald Richie in the
Japan Times.  (You may read it on their website.)

We also have a limited number of signed copies for sale.  For these
please back-channel me.

This book would make a great addition to anyone's library.

Thanks for reading!

Jess (The original Ahadada)


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Anny Ballardini
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I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth to a dancing star! 
Friedrich Nietzsche 
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