
Richard Flynn, Ph.D., professor of English in the Department of Literature, delivered a keynote address titled “Poetry for Young People in Anti-Poetic Times� at the Poetry Institute of China’s “1st Symposium on the Current Situation and Future Development of Children’s Poetry.� The event was held Aug. 18 through Aug. 23 in Hongcun, China.
The symposium was co-sponsored by The Poetry Institute, Danzeng College of Humanities, Peking University’s Academy of Chinese Poetry, and its School of Foreign Languages.