{"id":260056,"date":"2008-02-04T16:58:56","date_gmt":"2008-02-04T16:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wdev.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent-dev\/2008\/02\/04\/karl-pohrt-in-china-post-visit-update-part-1\/"},"modified":"2018-04-16T17:34:36","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T17:34:36","slug":"karl-pohrt-in-china-post-visit-update-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/College\/translation\/threepercent\/2008\/02\/04\/karl-pohrt-in-china-post-visit-update-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Karl Pohrt in China: Post-Visit Update (Part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Along with a few other independent booksellers and librarians, Karl Pohrt — owner of the amazing Shaman Drum Bookshop<\/a> — went to China to attend the Beijing Book Fair, and give this speech<\/a> on independent bookselling in America. <\/p>\n

Additionally, he’s wrote a daily blog about the trip, which can be found in its entirety here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Karl’s back in the States now, but has a couple of thoughts about the trip that are definitely worth sharing. Below is the first post. The second one—all about “deep literacy”—will go up later today.
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A week and one day later, still jet lagged and sleeping badly, I fly down to Louisville, Kentucky for the American Booksellers Association Third Annual Winter Institute. Sarah McNally, Rick Simonson and Paul Yamazaki are here. <\/p>\n

Paul\u2019s report of our trip to his boss Lawrence Ferlinghetti pleased Mr. Ferlinghetti so much that he inscribed copies of Poetry As Insurgent Art<\/i> for each of us. I am enormously touched.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis must feel like the ultimate summer camp experience for you guys,\u201d someone tells me during dinner. \u201cYou must feel incredibly bonded with the people you were with.\u201d <\/p>\n

Actually, it feels much stranger than that. Reentry following this trip has been difficult for me. <\/p>\n

It will pass, I suppose.<\/p>\n

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Rick Simonson is posting a blog of the trip here.<\/a> <\/p>\n

You can read an interview with Allison Hill here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Certainly we\u2019re not the first western booksellers to visit China, as I was reminded when I saw my friend Tom Hallock, Director of Sales and Marketing at Beacon Press, this weekend in Louisville. In 1990 Tom taught English in Beijing, and he wrote a graceful essay, An American Bookman In Beijing, for the American Bookseller magazine. You can read Tom\u2019s essay here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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