”Fish Eyes” – Book Launch with Readings and Author Talks

Mon 21 Nov 2016, 7 pm
Manzi Art Space

From the organizer:

In celebration of printing the last book to wrap up the FISH EYES series for this year, you are invited to a launch party with readings and author talks featuring voices from both the 2015 and 2016 series.

Two authors, Vũ Anh Vũ and Pháp Hoan, will be physically present, and some who cannot possibly be in Hanoi will be virtually present on laptops to read to you and participate in a discussion (moderated by Ngân) on practices of making poetry today.

FISH EYES is a series of single author collections of poetry, listening to and connecting you to Vietnamese poets living inside Vietnam, Vietnamese poets living abroad, and poets from outside Vietnam who appear in Vietnamese translation for the first time.

FISH EYES 2015
Tạ Duy Bình, Kinh khuya || Late night sutras
Vũ Anh Vũ, Hãy nở hoặc lụi tàn || Either bloom or wither
Michael Brennan with translation by Lưu Diệu Vân, Confusion of our skins || Sự rối loạn của lớp da

FISH EYES 2016
Thường Quán, Hải đảo, trở lại || Island, return
Pháp Hoan, Lịch mùa || Seasonal calendar
B.B.P. Hosmillo with translation by Nhã Thuyên and Hải Yến, BREED ME: a sentence without a subject || PHỐI GIỐNG TÔI: một câu không chủ đề

Though these authors are scattered now all over the world, we are lucky to be able to hold their words in one shelf together-ajar. It is our joy to connect Hanoi readers to this collection of truly beautiful poetry that traverses the borders of language and country.

Please come to celebrate poetry with us, to meet the authors, to say see you soon to AJAR who will be going into hibernation after tonight!