Thursday 27 October 2022

Changming's 15th Collection Just Published

Yuan Changming's most important collection, his fourth poetry book published since may 2022 SINOSAUR: BILIINGUAL-CULTURAL POEMS, has just been released by Redhawk Publications, available now at::
https://lnkd.in/gyqhA-eT
thanks for attention, and happy browsing!

1.      Chansons of a Chinaman [Paperback]Murfreesboro, TN: Leaf Garden,       2009.

2.      Landscaping [Paperback]. San Jacinto, CA: Flutter Press, 2013.

3.      Mindscaping [e.chapbook]. Halifax: Fowlpox Press, 2014.

4.      Origin of Letters [e.chapbook]. Chicago: Beard of Bees Press, 2015.

5.      Kinship [Paperback] Seattle: Goldfish Press, 2015.

6.      Wordscaping [e. Chapbook]. Halifax: Fowlpox Press, 2016.

7.      Dark Phantasms [Paperback]. San Jacinto, CA: Flutter Press, 2017.

8.      East Idioms [e.chapbook]. Cyberwit.net, 2019.

9.      (R)e.volution [Paperback]. LA: the Wapshott Press, 2021.

10.  《袁昌明詩選(Selected Poems [e.book]. Vancouver: Poetry Pacific, 2021.

11.  Limerence [Paperback]. Vancouver, Poetry Pacific Press, 2021.

12.  All My Crows [Paperback]. Grass Valley, CA: Cold River Press, 2022.

13.  E.dening [Paperback]. Seattle: Goldfish Press, 2022.  

14.  Homelanding [Paperback]Yakima, WA: Cave Moon Press, 2022.

15.  Sinosaur [Paperback]. Hickory, NC: Redhawk Publications, 2022. 




Thursday 1 September 2022

yuan's lit endeavors updated - sept 1'22

 1/ from january to august 2022, got at least 12 poetry acceptances every month on the average, by publications including poetry daily, the muse, meniscus lit j, quadrant, spindrift lit mag, j of new jersey poets, kansas city voice, mpqr, poetry in canada, poetry ni+, among others;

2/ between dec 24, 2021 and march 21, 2022, finished drafting, in a writing spree never experienced before, my very first novel, a hybrid or cultural trilogy in english, at least 700 words every day without taking a single day off, more than 130,000 words in total, inspired by an old schoolmate, much to my own surprise;

3/ early this year malahat review conducted a written interview with me about my 'bilinguacultural' poem at http://www.malahatreview.ca/interviews/yuan_interview.html, which this prestigious canadian magazine had nominated for canada's 45th national magazine awards (poetry category), and which was later featured in poetry daily on march 11, at https://poems.com/poem/yin-yang-vs-water-fire-lesson-one-in-chinese-characters/; 

4/ since april, have written six short stories, a genre i've never worked with before even in my mother tongue chinese, inspired by the same person who inpsired me to write the trilogy. amazingly, one of them has already appeared in a uk-based magazine known as aloka, another accepted by a canadian magazine, both to my own happy surprise. and a third just published the following day after i sent my sub over about a week ago;

5/ on may 5, successfully released our annual anthology poetry pacific (2022 edition) in three different forms, respectively at 

http://poetrypacific.blogspot.com/ (for website sampling0

5/ got my 12th poetry book all my crows publsihed by cold river press, available at lnkd.in/gPPFmyfm;

6/ got my 13th poetry book e.dening [a love story in poems] published by the seattle-based goldfish press on june 1, available at lnkd.in/gPGwupbB;

7/ got my 14th poetry book homelanding, a bilingual (english-chinese) edition of a collection including 50 poems about the life of a chinese diaspora, published by yakima, wa-based cave moon press, available at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BB1JBS37/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_6P0FS0WWT1E6G90BNGD2

8/ got my 15th poetry collection sinosaur, consisting of 120 bilingual-cultural poems, officially accepted by a americal college press in august for publication no later than next spring;

9/ accepted a chapbook by an american russian professor for publication in the fall;

yes, since my biguan (or retreat) at the end of last year, i've been extremely busy writing poetry and fiction while working part time as a produce clerk. if 2020 was my year of bilinguacultural poetry, 2021 was my year of love poetry; 2022 has definitely been my year of long and short fiction. fortunately, i've had some breakthrough annually in recent years, thanks as much to the pandemic as to someone particularly important to me. hope to live so reasonably well as to be able to write more and/or get more published before my final exit from this world, though my poetic or fictional work never sells...  



Wednesday 31 August 2022

changming's 14th chapbook released





Yuan Changming's third poetry book this year HOMELANDING has just been published by Yakima, WA-based Cave Moon Press, avaliable now at https://www.amazon.com/.../ref=cm_sw_r_apan...
thanks for attention, and happy september ahead!

Sunday 12 June 2022

Yuan's E.DENING just released

 Yuan Changming's 13th Poetry Book E.DENING has just become availalbe at

https://www.amazon.com/dening-Changming-Yuan/dp/195027621X/ref=zg_bsnr_10252_1/136-9858899-6406743?pd_rd_i=195027621X&psc=1

consisting of 105 pieces, this collection tells a subtle and enriching love story in poems.
published by Goldfish Press, Seattle, June 2022.
RECOMMENDATIONS::
Yuan Changming is a poet with a rare gift for presenting and probing the intimacies of life, with striking imagery and carefully-chosen vocabulary. The joy and sadness of human experience, and its confronting realities are memorably captured in this collection.
- Barry Spurr, Australia's first Professor of Poetry, Literary editor, Quadrant magazine
The passion of emotion flows as love transcends nature and death. Changming finds the words that bind lovers for eternity.
- Patricia Ann Mayorga, Editor-in-Chief , Poets' Espresso Review
In this precious collection of love poems, feeling flows off the pages into the reader’s heart. There is so much feeling of love, it swallows the reader and he/she gasps for breath. The feeling lingers long after the reading. It stays to become a memory of how this work affects one on into the next day, week, year, the rest of one’s life. One must read it to experience the totality of love. Recommended for all readers, young adult and beyond.
- Mary Jo Nickum, Editor-in-Chief, The Path: A Literary Magazine

Thursday 2 June 2022

Yuan's newest book ALL MY CROWS just released

 Yuan's newest book ALL MY CROWS just released

As Yuan Changming's 12th solo poetry collection,  All My Crows has just been released by Cold River Press.

Available at https://www.coldriverpress.com/. 

In this chapbook, the poetry writer employs a typical Chinese perspective to feel about, look at and muse over the crow, a readily observable creature in every corner of the world that is among the most intelligent, most difficult to identify individually, and most mystic as a dark prophet. While one might recall Ted Hughes's Crow: from the life and Songs of the Crow, Yuan's work is actually an uninformed emulation rather than an intended echo of the English poet's "masterpiece" as Hughes himself has called his. 

Critisims are always welcome and appreciated!

Thursday 5 May 2022

Poetry Pacific (2022) just released

 dear Poetry Lovers,

our annual anthology of Poetry Pacific (v. 11, 2022) was released just minutes ago:


links for the e.book & paperback:


In this first annual anthology published both as a paperback and e.book, Poetry Pacific (vol.11, 2022) features sixty-six poets from all over the world. Sample content as well as the visual artworks from six artists is showcased on the website (link:: https://lnkd.in/gYAmJ_S).


CALL FOR SUBS:: all poetry & visual artworks are welcome year round at editors.pp@gmail.com!


happy reading/viewing!


with all very best wishes for these continuing challenging times...


-pp editorial

Tuesday 22 March 2022

Changming's first (hyrid) novel just finished

since 23 december 2021, one day after i announced my retreat in my chinese blogsite, i have been working on my first novel, a hybrid or cross-cultural work of fiction. at 5:05 pm yesterday, i finished my last sentence of my first draft after 88 days of consecutive writing, with an average of 1590 words every day. as planned, the whole novel is divided into three parts, the first about 40 k words, the second and third around 50 k words each. i thought it might take me a whole year to accomplish this self-imposed mission, but actually i spent less than three months. in the next three years, i will keep rivising and polishing it until i feel satisfied with it. i believe it will be a success in one way or another, since i have written all my "bests" into the book.


quite to my own surprise, i had no idea what to write about and how to proceed with the project to begin with. all i had been feeling in the few days immediately before i opened up a new file/page in front of my computer was a strong impulse, an urge, a desire to write a book as a way to release my intensive feeling towards my first love, for whom i wrote and got accepted almost one hundred love poems in English in 2021 alone. naturally, the book will be devoted to her as my wellspring of inspiration and encouragement, as well as to my wife for her support and understanding.

tentatively titled Edening, the novel will be published either by Poetry Pacific Press, or by a better established publishing house, hopefully within five years.