{"product_id":"night-shining-white-hardcover","title":"Night-Shining White - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHelen Pletts\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMa Yongbo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Through the unceasing translation of each other's works and our responsive poems, Helen and I have built a space where two souls can breathe.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMa Yongbo 马永波 for Jade Moon, Editor Ivana Milanovic, Issue 3, 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\"thank you for your loving Ancient Chinese Poetry, wish to communicate with you more about (ancient and contemporary) poetry'\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethese were Ma Yongbo's 马永波 first words to Hong Kong Literature and Art Award winner Helen Pletts 海伦\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003c\/strong\u003e普莱茨 after she left a short comment on the American website Vox Populi back in February 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd so, readers, she did write back to him and, nearly three years on, these two poets are inseparable, nurturing each other and the transnational poetry community between them-loving every minute, loving nature, surviving severe illness, and overcoming the extraordinary 8 hours time difference between them. It's the friendship of the here and now, proof that love exists the world over and its name has always been poetry!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"i am morning, you are night-for Ma Yongbo 我是早晨，你是夜晚 海伦-普莱茨 --赠马永波\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"I am morning, you are night by Ma Yongbo-to Helen Pletts \u003c\/strong\u003e我是黎明，你是夜晚\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e马永波\u003cstrong\u003e--\u003c\/strong\u003e赠海伦\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003c\/strong\u003e普莱茨\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the fascinating first completely bilingual poetry collection by Helen Pletts 海伦\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003c\/strong\u003e普莱茨 and Ma Yongbo 马永波, co-creators of the Ma Yongbo Poetry Road Trip for International Times. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese two poets, from opposite ends of the earth, invite you into their real life adventures in what appear, at first, to be two languages but are really a deeper understanding of each other very clearly in poetry...poetry which has now been translated again and again into over 12 languages!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMa Yongbo 马永波, is the poet and translator who has shaped Chinese Contemporary poetry for over 40 years-translating the American greats like John Ashbery, Emily Dickinson, and whose Chinese translation of Melville's famous classic novel 'Moby Dick\" has gone on to sell over 600,000 copies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fabulously innovative black and white photography of their dear friend and award winning Film Poet Janet Lees 珍妮特-丽兹 joins them here beside their poetry! \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 358\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.13 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 10, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67914114105598,"sku":"9781066682812","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0826\/8716\/4670\/files\/qO70W6nvG39781066682812.webp?v=1793354158","url":"https:\/\/123learningstore.com\/products\/night-shining-white-hardcover","provider":"123 Learning Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}