The Anchor Book of Chinese Poetry：From Ancient to Contemporary, The Full 3000-Year Tradition

TonyBarnstoneistheAlbertUptonProfessorofEnglishatWhittierCollegeandhasaMastersinEnglishandCreativeWritingandPh.D.inEnglishLiteraturefromUCBerkeley.HisbooksofpoemsincludeTongueofWar:FromPearlHarbortoNagasaki(BKMKPress,2009,winneroftheJohnCiardiPrizeinPoetry),TheGolemofLosAngeles(RedHenPress,2008,winner,BenjaminSaltmanAward);SadJazz:Sonnets(SheepMeadowPress,2005);andImpure:PoemsbyTonyBarnstone(UniversityPressofFlorida,1998),inadditiontothechapbookNakedMagic(MainStreetRag).HeisalsoadistinguishedtranslatorofChinesepoetryandliteraryproseandaneditorofliterarytextbooks.HisbooksintheseareasincludeChineseEroticPoetry(Everyman,2007);TheAnchorBookofChinesePoetry(Anchor,2005);OutoftheHowlingStorm:TheNewChinesePoetry(Wesleyan,1993);LaughingLostintheMountains:PoemsofWangWei(UPofNewEngland,1991);TheArtofWriting:TeachingsoftheChineseMasters(Shambhala,1996);andthetextbooksLiteraturesofAsiaAfricaandLatinAmerica,LiteraturesofAsia,andLiteraturesoftheMiddleEast(allfromPrenticeHallPublishers).AmonghisawardsareafellowshipfromtheNEA,afellowshipfromtheCaliforniaArtsCouncil,aPushcartPrizeinPoetry,and1stplaceininthe2008StrokestownInternationalPoetryPrize.