Kubrick Poetry •February • Home Away Elsewhere

時間 Time：2012/2/26 (Sunday) 5:00pm-6:00pm
地點 Venue： 油麻地 Kubrick(next to Broadway Cinemathèque, 3 Public Square St.)
主持 Moderators：Polly Ho, Adam Cheung, Florence Ng
詩人 Poet：Vaughan Rapatahana

Born Patea (ko Te Atiawa te iwi), Ph.D University of Auckland, Aotearoa-New Zealand. Lived and worked in several countries, including UAE, Republic of Nauru, Brunei Darussalam, PR China and currently spends his time between homes in Te Araroa, Pampanga, Hong Kong. Published extensively in a variety of publications worldwide – from Philosophy Now to Asian Cha - and author of several books and poetry teaching resources. Also Poetry Editor Maori and Indigenous Review Journal.

Vaughan Rapatahana’s poems are replete with references to his own Indigenous heritage in Aotearoa-New Zealand and his current exiled status as a resident also of both Hong Kong and Pampanga, Philippines. Indeed themes of alienation, marginalization, alternatives scream through his lines – apposite for a man with a Ph.D in existential literary criticism and the work of the author of The Outsider, Colin Wilson.

Rapatahana will read from his two 2011 poetry publications of Home Away Elsewhere (Proverse Hong Kong); china as kafka (Kilmog Press, Aotearoa-New Zealand) and his new HKDSE poetry & song teaching resource (Aristo Educational Press) will also be available for viewing

文學院要搬家

（Polly Ho）

文學院要搬家， 許多港大的畢業生都捨不得。

今年香港大學比較文學系今年開辦了“現代詩”一課， 除了介紹理論外，亦鼓勵同學把堂上學到的知識實踐於創作。張美君博士(Dr Esther Cheung)收集了同學的優秀作品，希望和大眾分享作品和創作過程，於是造就是次讀書會。張美君博士帶來了一班寫現代詩的學生：林嘉慧､吳靜文､林三維､林凱敏､林俊宇和伍一龍同學。

寫《關於港大本部大樓的五首詩》的林嘉慧，寫《沉默的回聲》的吳靜文，寫《粉碎前的二三事》的林三維和林凱敏，寫《海外》和《外海》的林俊宇。同學們透過詩表達對港大本部大樓依依不捨之情，利用相片和文字道出生活在香港商業社會的被壓抑，運用頭鏡寫烈日光罩下的紅磚建築，寫幻想中的聖地牙哥，寫夏天的塘福，引用北島和盧勁馳詩句再抒發感受……型型式式，都是真挈的流露。

畢業了的師兄師姐也來支持，包括雨希和盧勁馳。

紅磚牆上美好的時光，是否只在詩句中找到？

以下是比較文學系新推出的平臺:

Multiple Voice: A Platform for Creative Thoughts：http://www0.hku.hk/complit/multiplevoices/

聲韻詩刊網址：http://swpoetry.weebly.com/index.html

(Photos by Paul Wan and Helena Wu)

Kubrick Poetry •一月• 同學們的都市詩

時間 Time：2012/1/7 (Saturday) 3:00pm-4:00pm

地點 Venue： 油麻地 Kubrick(next to Broadway Cinemathèque, 3 Public Square St.)

主持 Moderators：Polly Ho, Adam Cheung, Florence Ng

來賓 Guests：Esther Cheung and students from Dept of Com. Lit in HKU

香港大學比較文學系今年開辦了“現代詩”一課。除了介紹理論外，該課程亦鼓勵同學嘗試把堂上學到的知識實踐於創作。是次讀詩會中分享的詩作，正是比較文學系同學的學期創作習作，其中大部分作品皆為有關香港的都市詩（urban poetry）。通過詩歌創作，同學們表達了在香港這一特定的文化、歷史語境中， 自己的個人經驗、對外間的觀 察、對社會的反思，並進而探討現代社會與城市空間，日常生活與詩意，以至知識、語言與情感之間的關係。

Kubrick Poetry 2011

Among the thirteen tales

(Adam Cheung)

We were very grateful to have Xu Xi drop by, amidst her busy schedule, to talk with us in our December session of Kubrick Poetry. It was a meeting that we had long been looking forward to. Xu Xi started by talking about how she was able to keep writing, early in her career, while holding key positions in the corporate business world. She acknowledges the challenge of being a writer in a very commercialized and business-oriented Hong Kong, and so to overcome these challenges and to completely focus on her writing, she moved away. She shared about her experience doing writing retreats in places like Florida and Norway. She also shared her insights in writing about the Chinese experience using the English language, while praising the works of Maxine Hong Kingston as her source of inspiration.

Then we came to discuss her new book. Xu Xi read excerpts from the stories “Space” and “Lady Day”. We agreed that the stories in this collection have a tendency to allow readers a lot of space to imagine and to fill in the untold stories implied in the narratives. We were also treated to some very vivid accounts of the anecdotes that Xu Xi’s aunt had told her when she was a child, and we learned how those stories have inspired her to write the stories that she writes today.

Throughout our conversation, Xu Xi gave us the impression that the writing of this newest book had been a very enjoyable process for her. The audience was also delighted by her ability to narrate her personal experience so animatedly. This kind of liveliness and attention to details are qualities that really shine in her short story collection.

(photos by Paul Wan)

Poets from Turkey and Taiwan

(English by Adam Cheung, Chinese by Polly Ho)

Bejan Matur shared about her experience as a poet living in Istanbul. She talked about how she evolved as a poet, from keeping notebooks of emotional and random musings to shaping the many lines of words into presentable works of poetry in a process that was like making a sculpture. She also talked about the time she spent in prison when she was a teenager and how that transformed her as a poet and as an acute observer of the world. Bejan encouraged us to think about why we care about poetry. Then she recited “Winds Howl through the Mansions” in Turkish. Even though this was the poet’s first visit to Hong Kong, she demonstrated a genuine respect for the vibrant literary landscape of the city.

羅智成擔任過不同的職位，擁有過不少的名銜，曾任總編輯、電台台長、發行人等，他坦誠其第一身份是詩人，可見作為一個詩人是他自我認同的基本位置。 他是少數既了解台灣及香港情況的台灣人，他認為香港人對於「美好生活」的定義被媒體塑造，認為住大屋､開名車就是美好生活的典範，事實上不一定。他擔任過香港光華中心主任，在香港工作一年多的時間，並花了一段時間了解香港，以他的理解，香港是一個直向發展的城市，什麼都向上發展，高樓大廈，而台灣則是橫向發展。過度的直向發展令人看不到高樓以外的藍天白雲，不能不說有點惋惜。

(photos by Paul Wan)

Kubrick Poetry •December• ACCESS: Thirteen Tales

時間 Time：2011/12/18 (Sunday) 5:00pm-6:00pm
地點 Venue：油麻地 Kubrick (next to Broadway Cinemathèque, 3 Public Square St.)
主持 Moderators：Polly Ho, Florence Ng & Adam Cheung
嘉賓 Guest：Xu Xi

What do we think we desire? What do we truly desire? Xu Xi explores these questions in her latest fiction collection, ACCESS: Thirteen Tales, recently published by Signal 8 Press. On December 18th, Xu Xi joins us at Kubrick Poetry to talk about her newest work and about matters concerning Hong Kong and Asian literature. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet the writer whom The New York Times once named “a pioneer writer from Asia in English.”

Xu Xi is the author of nine books of fiction and essays, and editor of three anthologies of Hong Kong literature in English.She is also the Writer-in-Residence and Programme Leader of the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing programme at City University. www.xuxiwriter.com