Review: Love’s Lighthouse by Anna Yin

revirew-loveLighthouseThanks Susan McMaster for reviewing my fifth poetry collection, so glad that the review is on review page of the League of Canadian Poets.
感谢加拿大诗人联盟前会长Susan McMaster 给《爱的灯塔-星子安娜双语诗选》写评。感谢加拿大诗人联盟发布。
There’s a welcoming sense of being ‘let in’ in Love’s Lighthouse. This warm collection of Anna Yin’s Chinese poetry, paired with her English versions, is rich with visual, cultural and personal intimations. All the poems were written and translated by her, some in English first, others in Chinese. Thus we have an engaging introduction to two ways of thinking about language and poetry, through the perceptions and memories of one person who has been immersed in both….
About the reviewer: Susan McMaster’s publications include books, anthologies, and scripts, recordings, and collaborations with artists, dancers, dramatists, and composers. Recent collections are Haunt and Lizard Love: Artists Scan Poems. She is the founding editor of Canada’s first feminist magazine, Branching Out, and of Vernissage, the magazine of the National Gallery of Canada.  She is a past president of the League of Canadian Poets.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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photo by Peter Lin

I was invited to speak about the Eastern and Western Cultural Exchanging at DaYa Culture 10th anniversary in Toronto at CPAC hall on Dec 17, 2016. Here I share a 3-minute video of my activities about bilingual poetry writing and translation, organizing Chinese and Canadian poetry reading, and Poetry Alive workshops etc.

Thank you all for help and support in the past. I hope to continue these activities in 2017.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!