The Ginkgo Light
Arthur Sze
Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
Summary
• Arthur is one of the leading poets in America and invited to read in many reading series (public and academic) throughout the country • First Poet Laureate of Santa Fe, New Mexico • Copper Canyon is very dedicated to Sze’s poetry and translations—this is the fifth project we’ve done with him • Sze’s been on NPR’s “Fresh Air” • Sze’s books are well reviewed, including New Yorker, New York Times, all major trade journals, many academic journals • Sze was one of only six American poets invited to the first Chinese-English poetry festival at Yellow Mountain (which inspired images in this book) • Several poems inspired by Native American cultures