Overview
āThese aren't translations of Han-Shan's poems; they're transmissions of his spirit!āāEric Utne, founder of Utne Reader
āI love this book!āāJim Moore
In 1974, author James P. Lenfestey came upon the book Cold Mountain: 100 Poems of the T'ang Dynasty Poet Han-Shan, translated by Burton Watson, and it cured his warts. It also turned out to be the voice he had āmissedā all his life. For the first and only time in his writing life, Lenfestey began to āwrite backā to another author. The result thirty-three years later is this collection of one hundred poems, inspired by the form and sensibility of that 1,200-year-old Chinese hermit, yet brimming with Lenfestey's own humor, wisdom, insight, and delight in language. Titles such as āHan-Shan is the Cure for Warts,ā āThinking of Sex Like the Chinese,ā and āOracle Bonesā provide a glimpse into Lenfestey's poetic landscape. This book is dedicated to poetic translator Burton Watson, eighty-one, whom Lenfestey visited in Tokyo on a pilgrimage to China to pay homage to Han-Shan at his hermit cave.
James P. Lenfestey has worked as a college literature instructor, alternative school administrator, salesman, marketing communications professional, and editorial writer for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, where he won several Page One Awards. He has published three previous collections of poetry and a collection of personal essays, The Urban Coyote: Howlings on Family, Community and the Search for Peace and Quiet (Nodin Press). He coordinates poetry festivals and a reading series in California, Michigan, and Minneapolis, where he and his wife currently reside.
This book title, A Cartload of Scrolls (100 Poems in the Manner of T'ang Dynasty Poet Han-shan), ISBN: 9780977945856, by James P. Lenfestey, published by Holy Cow! Press (October 1, 2007) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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