The New Directions Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry
A magnificent collection....Hinton takes his place as our era's preeminent literary translator of Chinese. --Jim Schley,Vermont Magazine, September/October 2004A valuable and pleasurable volume. --Elimae Books, Cooper Renner, 3 February 2005An example of cultural cross-fertilization at its best. --Conger Beasley, Jr.,New Letters, Winter 2004/05Arguably...the most influential and divergent English translations that modern and contemporary poets produced. --American Poet, Spring 2004One of the Best International Books of the Year, 2003. --The [London] Times Literary SupplementOrganized with care and a sort of brilliance, it expresses, like the poems, a multi-dimensional aesthetic and indomitable energy. --The Providence Journal, Tom D'Evelyn, 29 May 2005The Best Anthology of 2003. --Contemporary Poetry ReviewThe one Chinese poetry anthology to have if you're only having one. --Jeff Simon,Buffalo News, 27 July 2004Two hundred and fifty Chinese poems...possessed of vividness and immediacy that still quiver on the page. --Foreword, Melanie Drane, May/June 2005