14 發光的城市 A R O U N D T O W N FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009 • TAIPEI TIMES BY HO yi POETRY STOP Poetry fest celebrates 10th anniversary Left: Taiwanese poet Wu Sheng. COMPILED BY CatHerine SHU Right: Japanese poet Ryoko Sekiguchi. The patient, Hong Mei-nai (洪美奈), Below: Chinese poet Yan Li. claimed at several dramatic press PHOTOS COURTESY OF TAIPEI POETRY FESTIVAL conferences that Li never acted with the breast of intentions. She said the silicone implants were inserted without her consent and that Li also neglected to provide follow-up care when one of the Above: Taiwanese poet Chen Yu-hong. jelly rolls allegedly leaked after PHOTO COURTESY OF TAIPEI POETRY FESTIVAL the operation. A few days after the Above: Taiwanese poet Chen punishment was levied against Yi-zhi. Li, Hong, who claimed the fine Left: Taiwanese poet and film- was too light, “staggered” to maker Hung Hung. FESTIVAL the entrance of the district NOTES: PHOTOS COURTESY OF TAIPEI POETRY FESTIVAL prosecutor’s office with her lawyer and banged on the door in front WHAT: 2009 Taipei Poetry Festival of a clutch of reporters. Our sister ig-name authors, aspiring young Apart from the main poetry gathering, conventions. French poet Stephane (第十屆台北詩歌節) paper the Liberty Times reported bards and members of the general celebrated poetesses will have a lady’s Bouquet is also an accomplished WHEN: Today to Nov. 29 that Hong wants to charge Li public will all feel at home at this night out on Monday at the Eslite Xinyi screenwriter, and Ryoko Sekiguchi takes WHERE: Main venues include with professional negligence Byear’s Taipei Poetry Festival (臺北詩歌節), Store (誠品信義店) to talk about their inspiration from different cultures and Zhongshan Hall (台北市中山堂), Eslite which is celebrating its 10th birthday distinct styles and sensibilities. Aboriginal writes both in Japanese and French. Li Jin-liang, right, has been hawking and slander for claiming that Xinyi Store (誠品信義店) and Taipei she allegedly tried to extort the with a series of activities, readings, poets such as Adaw Palaf and Moyan from The opening night gala performance banned boobies. PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES Artist Village (台北國際藝術村) clinic for money after the ill-fated seminars, performances and concerts the Ami tribe and Mo Naneg of the Paiwan to be held at Zhongshan Hall (台北市中 ON THE NET: poetry. egular readers of Pop Stop operation. She also complained that honor past achievements and tribe will take to the stage on Wednesday. 山堂) tomorrow evening will see artists will know that popular that Li had yet to reach out to explore new possibilities. As one of this year’s themes is cross- from various fields paying tribute to culture.gov.tw television host Hu Gua’s (胡 her for a settlement or even to The highlight of the event is next cultural and hybrid forms, poets from poets by incorporating poems into R瓜) son-in-law, Li Jin-liang (李進 apologize. Li’s lawyer responded Saturday’s Poets’ Night, where local China, France, Japan and the US will their art. Participating artists include 良), has been more than a handful that he and his client were still poets of different generations will hold hold readings on Sunday and attend nanguan (南管) player Wang Xinxin submissions will receive awards and even before his June nuptials to in the process of preparing a readings with renowned theater director panel discussions at various colleges (王心心) and writer Wang Wen-hua (王文華) writers will be given the opportunity to Hu’s daughter. Before getting response to Hong’s accusations. Li Huan-hsiung (黎煥雄) serving as stage and universities in Taipei to share their as well as musicians Summer Lei (雷光夏) read their works during the festival. hitched to Hu Ying-chen (胡盈 Hong has been a constant director. The names of the participants experiences working in different cultures and Lin Sheng-xiang (林生祥). Entry to most activities is free, but 禎), Li allegedly carried on an presence in the media since read like a who’s who of Taiwan’s literary and with different media. Members of the general public can registration is required in advance for the affair with starlet Mao Mao (毛毛). news of the scandal broke about establishment, including Cheng Chou-yu Laura Mullen from the US, for example, take an active part in the festival by opening gala performance and some of His past misadventures include two weeks ago. At a previous (鄭愁予), Yang Mu (楊牧), Shang Qin (商 is a literature and cinema professor writing a poem and putting it in one of the readings. For more information, call charges of sexual harassment by gathering, she sobbed while 禽), Yang Ze (楊澤), Jiao Tong (焦桐), Hung known for her experimental writing the “poetry donation” boxes at Eslite’s (02) 2351-0116 or visit the event’s bilingual a Japanese porn star and an all- jabbing her left armpit with a Hung (鴻鴻) and Xu Huei-zhi (許悔之). that challenges literary and gender Dunnan and Xinyi branches. The best site at poetry.culture.gov.tw. night party with two friends and pair of scissors, explaining she three hostesses at a Taipei hotel. couldn’t feel a thing. “After the But Li may have turned out surgery, I was like a handicapped BY David CHen to be an even bigger boob than person,” she said. “I couldn’t get FESTIVAL either of the Hus imagined. The out of bed. All I could do was lie plastic surgeon was recently fined there and wet myself.” In addition NT$150,000 and ordered to stop to the numbness and physical working for three months by weakness, she says she now Back to basics the Taipei Department of Health suffers from anemia, an irregular he outdoor festival season isn’t over Taiwan. The music runs tomorrow from after illegally inserting silicone heartbeat and mental exhaustion. yet. Tomorrow and Sunday, a group 2pm to 2am and 1pm to 7pm on Sunday. breast implants into a patient. And, Hong tearfully added, she of Taichung expatriates is holding The festival campsite is fully equipped The enhancers are only allowed was forced to postpone her TBasic Aid ’09 Music and Arts Festival, a with toilets and showers, and food for breast reconstruction surgery upcoming wedding in the US. charity event at a mountain campground vendors will be selling everything from — the merely vain must content Li could take a page from the in central Taiwan featuring live music, burgers and curry dishes to beer and themselves with saline-filled life of Eason Chan (陳奕迅) on DJs and paragliding. coffee. Plenty of vegetarian options will breast implants. how to be family man. Oriental Basic Aid was started three years also be available, organizers say. Li admitted to wrongful use Sunday reports that the Hong ago as a “picnic-in-the-park” fund-raiser During the day, revelers can also of the artificial lady lumps, but Kong pop singer and actor has for Jess Morwood and Dan Ship, two partake in a tandem paragliding flight defended himself by insisting yet to kick his longtime nicotine former Taichung residents who moved with Yuri Bradley Human, a South African many of his colleagues do the habit, but sneaks outdoors and to Varanasi, India, to start Basic Human expat who lives in the area and runs Step same thing. A United Daily smokes in parking lots so his wife, Needs, an NGO that provides food, Out in Taiwan Adventures, a company News report showed that Li’s Hilary Tsui (徐濠縈), and school- shelter and medical care to poor people. that takes tourists on extreme sports trips. Web site plugged silicone breast age daughter won’t have to inhale The proceeds from the event go once Other activities include a video film implants for NT$200,000 but did secondhand smoke. The couple again to Basic Human Needs, as well as competition, a “best dressed hippie” Canadian singer Faye Blais, right, performs at a past edition of Basic Aid. PHOTO COURTESY OF PAUL DAVIS not mention they were limited to was rumored to have weathered a yet-to-be-chosen Aboriginal community contest and a volleyball tournament. reconstruction surgery only. The marital troubles last summer, but and a fund for victims of natural disasters There will also be a fund-raising raffle article helpfully explained that the storm seems to have passed. in Taiwan. with prizes including a free tandem FESTIVAL NOTES: women with “airport physiques” Oriental Sunday says that Chan is The festival has a simple purpose — to paragliding flight and T-shirts. WHAT: Basic Aid ’09 Music and Arts and Basic Aid” on Google Maps. (飛機場體質) prefer silicone so busy with his upcoming record have fun for a good cause, says organizer Davis and his cohorts are looking to Festival Festivalgoers can also take taxis from because saline implants look less that he counts on Tsui to look Paul Davis, aka Boston Paul. “Taiwan gives expand Basic Aid’s scope beyond this WHEN: Tomorrow morning through Puli bus station to Hutou Mountain or natural on skinny bodies. In the after their child’s education. The us the opportunity to do things [as English annual event. After Typhoon Morakot, Sunday evening. Campsite opens tonight “The Stele of Taiwan’s Geographical interest of fairness, the United doting mum carries her daughter’s teachers] ... why not give a little back?” they started an emergency fund for natural WHERE: Hutou Mountain (虎頭山), Puli Center” (地理中心碑); the fare should cost Daily News also added that many heavy book bag all the way to the More than 15 bands, including Davis’ disaster victims in Taiwan.