Mountain Water: Poems of Tradition and the Environment in Southwestern China

❖ Mountain Water:  Poems of Tradition and the Environment in Southwestern China
featuring poet Aku Wuwu
4:00-5:00 pm, Thursday, March 7th, 2019 @ Hollander Hall 241

❖ Poetry reading with Aku Wuwu
6:30-7:30 pm, Friday, March 8th, 2019 @ Williams Bookstore (81 Spring Street)

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Aku Wuwu (Prof. LUO Qingchun) is a poet and academic of the Nuosu (Yi) ethnic minority group of Southwest China. Growing up in the Greater Cool Mountains of Sichuan province, Aku’s powerful poems are regarded as “text books” of traditional lore and cautionary tales about human interaction with the environment. He will perform a number of poems in Nuosu and Chinese, accompanied by English translations.

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Mark Bender, Professor of Chinese Literature and Folklore and Chair of the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures of Ohio State University, will present a concise introduction to contemporary poetry from the eastern Himalayas on the themes of cultural and environmental change.