An essential collection from the leading figure of Chinese poetry translation, presenting work of insight, humor, and musicality that continues to resonates across thousands of years.

Dancing with the Dead: The Essential Red Pine Translations, Red Pine, Copper Canyon Press, Paperback, 344 pages, $22.00

Bill Porter is an American author who translates under the pen-name Red Pine. He is a translator of Chinese texts, primarily Taoist and Buddhist, including poetry and sutras. In 2018, he won the American Academy of Arts & Letters Thornton Wilder Prize for translation.