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All--<br><br>
Jennifer Feeley has provided additional readings for our meeting with Xi
Chuan. Copies of this new packet will be available at the WHC by noon on
Wednesday. The packet will include the following:<br><br>
Additional readings for Xi Chuan’s visit on May 4th<br>
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1. A copy of a socialist realist poem from the 1950s by the poet Feng
Zhi<br>
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2. Xi Chuan's prose poem sequence "Salute" (originally
published in the journal<br>
<i>Renditions</i>); one of the pieces he read during the reading is from
this series<br>
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3. Xi Chuan's prose poem sequence "Misfortune" <br>
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4. A short article by Maghiel van Crevel on Xi Chuan's explicit
poetics<br><br>
With thanks to Jennifer,<br><br>
Nancy<br>
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Nancy Kuhl<br>
Associate Curator, The Yale Collection of American Literature<br>
The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library<br>
Yale University<br>
121 Wall Street<br>
P.O. Box 208240<br>
New Haven, CT 06520-8240<br>
Phone: 203.432.2966 <br>
Fax: 203.432.4047 </body>
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