Beijing Poets at The Hutong with Anthony Tao, Feniá G. and David Harrison Horton
Date: Saturday, 13th Sep.
Time: 16:00-17:30
Cost: 50RMB
Everyone can use more poetry in their lives. There’s “nothing that poetry can’t expand and unpack and emphasise or nuance in some interesting, challenging ways,” says the poet Tony Hoagland. With that in mind, on Saturday, September 13, three Beijing-based poets with books published while living in Beijing will present their works, covering a wide range of themes and styles. All books will be discounted for attendees.
The reading will mark the Beijing book launch of David Harrison Horton’s newest full-length collection, Necessary, a poetic exploration of time, place, and connection. Drawing on sources as diverse as Babylonian creation myths, Carolingian history, Marco Polo, Paul Éluard, Elizabeth Willis, and Xinran, Horton layers fragments and imagery into a contemporary meditation on how we come to understand our place within inherited and unfolding narratives. Joining him are Anthony Tao, who previously gave a reading at The Hutong in April, and Feniá G.
Feniá’s first poetry collection, SPOUT: A Poetry Memoir (2023), delves into themes of identity and experiential reflection. The collection compiles impacting moments of life, revolving around childhood, lust, and reflection in moments of confusion and stagnation.
Tao’s first poetry collection, We Met in Beijing (2024), explores life in Beijing for locals and outsiders, chronicling more than a decade of change in China’s political and cultural nerve centre. It details the exhilaration, hardship, and heartbreak of trying to put down roots in this gritty, unrelenting metropolis.
Books are available for Purchase
Each book will be sold for 75 RMB—or you can get a set, one from each author, for 150 RMB.
About the Poets
David Harrison Horton (davidharrisonhorton.com) is a Beijing-based writer, artist, editor and curator. He is the author of Necessary (Downingfield, 2025) and Maze Poems (Arteidolia, 2022). His latest chapbook, Model Answer, was released by Subpress in 2024. His work has recently appeared or is forthcoming in The Belfast Review, Cambridge Poetry, Modern Literature, and Yolk, among others. He edits the award-winning poetry zine SAGINAW.
Feniá G. is a multi-creative who explores writing, visual arts, and performance as a navigation for identity and healing. Formerly a visual arts teacher, she is now an arts-focused cultural consultant in the gaming industry, which challenges her understanding of West vs. East media application of art and culture.
Anthony Tao, a writer and editor, is the current coordinator of Spittoon Beijing and host of Spittoon Poetry Night. His poetry has appeared in Rattle, Prairie Schooner, Frontier, NPR, Asian Cha, etc. He is a founding member of the Beijing-based band Poetry x Music, and publishes new poetry on his Poetry From Beijing newsletter (anthonytao.substack.com).
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