Kites - Paperback

by Jonathan Chaves (Author)

Kites is Jonathan Chaves's second book of original poems. These are written both in free forms (but always with rhythm and general comprehensibility) and neo-formal sonnets, ballads, etc. The theme running through the collection is a search for truth, culminating in a series of four sonnets inspired by explicitly Christian subjects: Christmas, Easter, etc.

Author Biography

Jonathan Chaves is professor of Chinese at The George Washington University. He is internationally recognized as a leading scholar and translator of classical Chinese poetry. His books have won the ALTA (American Literary Translators Association) Lucien Stryk award for best Asian translation of the year (2014) and been nominated for the National Book Award (1979), among other honors.