Anthony Tao
@anthonytao.bsky.social
Book: We Met in Beijing | Poetry from Beijing: anthonytao.substack.com | poetryxmusic.com
Album now available on the major streaming services. poetryxmusic.bandcamp.com @poetryxmusic.bsky.social
February 15, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Album now available on the major streaming services. poetryxmusic.bandcamp.com @poetryxmusic.bsky.social
If you could rewrite your love, would you?
Introducing ALL OF THOSE TIMES, an album by Poetry x Music, released today: poetryxmusic.bandcamp.com/album/all-of... #ValentinesDay #poetry #music
Introducing ALL OF THOSE TIMES, an album by Poetry x Music, released today: poetryxmusic.bandcamp.com/album/all-of... #ValentinesDay #poetry #music
All of Those Times, by Poetry x Music Band
6 track album
poetryxmusic.bandcamp.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:53 PM
If you could rewrite your love, would you?
Introducing ALL OF THOSE TIMES, an album by Poetry x Music, released today: poetryxmusic.bandcamp.com/album/all-of... #ValentinesDay #poetry #music
Introducing ALL OF THOSE TIMES, an album by Poetry x Music, released today: poetryxmusic.bandcamp.com/album/all-of... #ValentinesDay #poetry #music
My latest poem asks how much perfidy and desecration we're willing to tolerate anthonytao.substack.com/p/one-way-or...
(The photo is of Jackson Pollock’s "The Deep," via Beijing Minsheng Art Museum's Colors exhibition, which I highly recommend, curated in conjunction w/ @centrepompidou.bsky.social)
(The photo is of Jackson Pollock’s "The Deep," via Beijing Minsheng Art Museum's Colors exhibition, which I highly recommend, curated in conjunction w/ @centrepompidou.bsky.social)
February 14, 2026 at 9:28 AM
My latest poem asks how much perfidy and desecration we're willing to tolerate anthonytao.substack.com/p/one-way-or...
(The photo is of Jackson Pollock’s "The Deep," via Beijing Minsheng Art Museum's Colors exhibition, which I highly recommend, curated in conjunction w/ @centrepompidou.bsky.social)
(The photo is of Jackson Pollock’s "The Deep," via Beijing Minsheng Art Museum's Colors exhibition, which I highly recommend, curated in conjunction w/ @centrepompidou.bsky.social)
"I think we have to be willing to be humble, frankly, in relation to this experience and not quickly extrapolate one way or the other, either our disappointments of ourselves and our glamorization of what they’ve done or the converse"—@adamtooze.bsky.social on China: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...
Opinion | How the World Sees America, With Adam Tooze
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:51 AM
"I think we have to be willing to be humble, frankly, in relation to this experience and not quickly extrapolate one way or the other, either our disappointments of ourselves and our glamorization of what they’ve done or the converse"—@adamtooze.bsky.social on China: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...
Getting closer to album release... here's a music video from #Kangding: anthonytao.substack.com/p/the-other-...
The Other Side (from Kangding)
Poetry x Music Band is releasing an album.
anthonytao.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Getting closer to album release... here's a music video from #Kangding: anthonytao.substack.com/p/the-other-...
"Today in America my international experience seems to have little value. Worse, it feels anathema to the values marketed by the ruling class." stevescherer.substack.com/p/my-journey...
My journey from foreign correspondent to Uber driver in Trump's America
I once documented human displacement and desperation; now I am living it
stevescherer.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:00 AM
"Today in America my international experience seems to have little value. Worse, it feels anathema to the values marketed by the ruling class." stevescherer.substack.com/p/my-journey...
My band Poetry x Music has just set an official release date for our album — February 14. "All of Those Times" is now available for pre-order (there's a Chinese edition, too, if you prefer). Check it out: poetryxmusic.bandcamp.com/album/all-of...
January 11, 2026 at 2:01 PM
My band Poetry x Music has just set an official release date for our album — February 14. "All of Those Times" is now available for pre-order (there's a Chinese edition, too, if you prefer). Check it out: poetryxmusic.bandcamp.com/album/all-of...
Via Eric Olander: "China’s ability to influence events in Venezuela and elsewhere in Latin America is extremely limited, so the assessment that what happened in Caracas was a blow to Beijing may also be overstated."
What does Maduro’s detention actually mean for China? Eric Olander speaks with CGSP Latin America fellow @alonsoillueca.bsky.social, discussing whether Maduro's capture presents new risks or opportunities for China.
Full Episode - tinyurl.com/ycy92at5
Full Episode - tinyurl.com/ycy92at5
January 9, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Via Eric Olander: "China’s ability to influence events in Venezuela and elsewhere in Latin America is extremely limited, so the assessment that what happened in Caracas was a blow to Beijing may also be overstated."
Reposted by Anthony Tao
This is another angle of CBP murdering a woman in cold blood.
January 7, 2026 at 6:30 PM
This is another angle of CBP murdering a woman in cold blood.
My first reverse poem, about two different experiences of #Beijing —
Like winter birds, like outsiders
Chasing joy, we spin in circles
Untethered, unrestricted, wild,
Bare, our souls drunk...
anthonytao.substack.com/p/our-beijing
Like winter birds, like outsiders
Chasing joy, we spin in circles
Untethered, unrestricted, wild,
Bare, our souls drunk...
anthonytao.substack.com/p/our-beijing
Our Beijing
A reverse poem: Different experiences of the same city.
anthonytao.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:05 AM
My first reverse poem, about two different experiences of #Beijing —
Like winter birds, like outsiders
Chasing joy, we spin in circles
Untethered, unrestricted, wild,
Bare, our souls drunk...
anthonytao.substack.com/p/our-beijing
Like winter birds, like outsiders
Chasing joy, we spin in circles
Untethered, unrestricted, wild,
Bare, our souls drunk...
anthonytao.substack.com/p/our-beijing
"Performatively aloof" is a great phrase from Cole Rooty, a cutting critique of Insta poets, w/ wider application too
Of course, ppl will perform any which way to get attn, esp these days. Perhaps better to be aloof than violent
But poetry can push us toward genuine
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m_J...
Of course, ppl will perform any which way to get attn, esp these days. Perhaps better to be aloof than violent
But poetry can push us toward genuine
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m_J...
What Makes a Poem Good?
YouTube video by Cole Rooty
www.youtube.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"Performatively aloof" is a great phrase from Cole Rooty, a cutting critique of Insta poets, w/ wider application too
Of course, ppl will perform any which way to get attn, esp these days. Perhaps better to be aloof than violent
But poetry can push us toward genuine
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m_J...
Of course, ppl will perform any which way to get attn, esp these days. Perhaps better to be aloof than violent
But poetry can push us toward genuine
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5m_J...
Evan Michael Anderson wrote quite the short story on @tacobellquarterly.org: tacobellquarterly.org/the-migratin...
The Migrating Eel I Met on His Way to the Sargasso Sea
By Evan Michael Anderson The first time I ever had sex was a Craigslist hookup against the side of a dumpster behind a Taco Bell in Gentilly. He was just passing through on his way to the Bermuda T…
tacobellquarterly.org
December 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Evan Michael Anderson wrote quite the short story on @tacobellquarterly.org: tacobellquarterly.org/the-migratin...
So, this is where everyone's been
December 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
So, this is where everyone's been
Very cheap cigarettes. How a courier in Shanghai gets by with 7,400 yuan per month with a mortgage and a wife and child: www.pekingnology.com/p/life-as-a-...
Life as a Migrant Food Delivery Rider in Shanghai
Making ends meet on $1,064 a month, for a separated family of three
www.pekingnology.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Very cheap cigarettes. How a courier in Shanghai gets by with 7,400 yuan per month with a mortgage and a wife and child: www.pekingnology.com/p/life-as-a-...
"China needs more ppl who care about universal issues, produce universal knowledge, and solve concrete problems—not self-styled experts and scholars who do little more than chant slogans, stay indifferent to (China’s and others’) problems, and ultimately fool themselves” substack.com/home/post/p-...
Fixation on imperial history risks clouding China’s path to modernity, Shiping Tang warned
Intellectual closure dressed up as awakening, and a dynasty swap turned into a loyalty test.
substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"China needs more ppl who care about universal issues, produce universal knowledge, and solve concrete problems—not self-styled experts and scholars who do little more than chant slogans, stay indifferent to (China’s and others’) problems, and ultimately fool themselves” substack.com/home/post/p-...
Thank you, David.
Also, sorry for the late reply
Also, sorry for the late reply
Heard the next installment from Anthony Tao. I praised his last book, and what I heard today will be even better.
December 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Thank you, David.
Also, sorry for the late reply
Also, sorry for the late reply
Reposted by Anthony Tao
#NowPlaying on #SHMUFM:
"Magpie" by Anthony Tao & Liane Halton
#Wordplay
#IrregularFeature
shmu.org.uk/fm
"Magpie" by Anthony Tao & Liane Halton
#Wordplay
#IrregularFeature
shmu.org.uk/fm
September 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
#NowPlaying on #SHMUFM:
"Magpie" by Anthony Tao & Liane Halton
#Wordplay
#IrregularFeature
shmu.org.uk/fm
"Magpie" by Anthony Tao & Liane Halton
#Wordplay
#IrregularFeature
shmu.org.uk/fm
Reposted by Anthony Tao
An amazing night at the Macau Literary Festival featuring Anthony Tao & his band Poetry X Music & the amazing Lisbon Poetry Orchestra and Os Surrealistes, all at the incredible Teatro Dom Pedro V (built 1860) on Largo de Santo Agostinho
March 30, 2025 at 2:54 AM
An amazing night at the Macau Literary Festival featuring Anthony Tao & his band Poetry X Music & the amazing Lisbon Poetry Orchestra and Os Surrealistes, all at the incredible Teatro Dom Pedro V (built 1860) on Largo de Santo Agostinho
Reposted by Anthony Tao
@KaiserKuo Long-time listener to the @SinicaPodcast (and @ChinaGSProject !), but listening to your recent chat with Anthony Tao convinced me to subscribe to the substance. I could feel the love for Anthony and Beijing in your voice. Thank you.
November 22, 2024 at 10:08 AM
@KaiserKuo Long-time listener to the @SinicaPodcast (and @ChinaGSProject !), but listening to your recent chat with Anthony Tao convinced me to subscribe to the substance. I could feel the love for Anthony and Beijing in your voice. Thank you.
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Very excited to announce the launch of SAGINAW no. 13, featuring Rae Armantrout, Vivekanand Selvaraj, Melissa Eleftherion Carr, Nada Gordon and Anthony Tao. Folks, this is a really good issue. SAGINAW is free to good readers. Reach out if you would like a copy.
July 1, 2024 at 1:50 AM
Very excited to announce the launch of SAGINAW no. 13, featuring Rae Armantrout, Vivekanand Selvaraj, Melissa Eleftherion Carr, Nada Gordon and Anthony Tao. Folks, this is a really good issue. SAGINAW is free to good readers. Reach out if you would like a copy.