Existence: A Story
by David Hinton
The story of existence is a self-portrait, and it begins with a little-known Chinese landscape painting by Shih-t'ao.
This is the sto... Read More...
Seven Poems by Li Po
Translated by David Hinton
One of China’s most celebrated poets, Li Po (701-762 C.E.) belongs to earth in the most profound way, for he is free of attachments to self, and... Read More...
Four Poems by Wang Wei
Translated by David Hinton
Wang Wei (701-761 C.E.) is often spoken of, with his contemporaries Li Po and Tu Fu, as one of the three greatest poets in China’s 3,000-year po... Read More...
Eight Poems by Wang An-shih
Translated by David Hinton
These poems are excerpted from The Late Poems of Wang An-Shih translated by David Hinton (New Directions, 2015). They are reprinted by permissio... Read More...
Terrain.org’s Elemental Issue Now Live
We are pleased to announce the launch of Terrain.org's 34th issue: Elemental. Issue 34 -- Fall 2013 -- includes a wonderful mix of literature, including the winners and finalists of our 4th Annual Contests in Poetry, Nonfiction, and Fiction. With a guest editorial by Priscilla Long, an interview with earth scientist Fred Swanson, poetry by a dozen leading poets (including our first video poems), searing nonfiction and fiction, outstanding photography, and well-traveled columns, you'll want to dive right in.
Translating the Ancient/Modern Mind
Andrew C. Gottlieb Reviews Hunger Mountain: A Field Guide to Mind and Landscape by David Hinton
There’s a magic that comes from the combination of scholarly work—language, time period, spiritual history, place— that David Hinton has studied and mastered over the years. The focus is Taoist theory and thought, “in part because it represents such a remarkably contemporary worldview. It is secular, and yet deeply spiritual,” he tells us.
