Fresh Air, John Balaban

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Fresh Air, John Balaban

By: Terry Gross

Narrated by: Terry Gross

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Poet John Balaban on this edition of Fresh Air. He's translated the poetry of an 18th century Vietnamese concubine in the new book, Spring Essence: The Poetry of Ho Xuang Huong. Ho Xuang Huong won acclaim for her poetry despite the fact that she was a woman and she challenged established conventions. Most of her poems also were double entendres: a hidden sexual meaning lay behind her words. Balaban was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam war, and went back to the country after the war to collect and preserve Vietnamese folk poetry. Balaban is also the author of a memoir, and of several books of his own poetry. (Broadcast Date: January 4, 2001)(P) and ©2001 WHYY-FM

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