Being and Time

Shangyang Fang is a poet raised in Chengdu, China, who composes poems in both English and Chinese. He is the author of the poem collection Burying the Mountain and translator of a forthcoming book of Song Dynasty poems, Study of Sorrow: Translations. His works have appeared in The Nation, Ploughshares, The Yale Review, The Best American Poetry, The Best of Net, The Pushcart Prize Anthology, and The Forward Book of Poetry Anthology. His recognitions include the Joy Harjo Poetry Award, the Gregory O’Donoghue International Poetry Prize, and fellowships from Stanford University and the Michener Center for Writers. Shangyang is an assistant professor of English and creative writing at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.