From Shanghai with love…
The Shanghai edition of hitotoki is now live—hiphip! Thank you to those that submitted stories for the launch edition. We think you’ll enjoy the pieces, and even learn a thing or two. Why are foreigners called laowai? What’s the deal with these ‘lane houses’ that everyone always talks about? Poke around and be enlightened.
On the events front, this past Saturday, hitotoki was a partner at Pangea Day Shanghai, the local incarnation of a worldwide film festival. Not only were there scrumptious hito-poems posted about (“handy haikus by hitotoki” that helped folks navigate and explore the venue), in the spirit of ‘celebrating the moving image’, two local artists also illustrated hitotokis (tit and tat) on the spot. Much gratitude to Tango Gao and Chris Clerc (pictured above), our nimble-fingered, creatively-wired friends.
Nial O’Connor also did up this tale in large format but had to submit it before the event as visa woes saw him off to frolic in redtape-hell in Oz. The drawing was a centerpiece at Pangea Day though, and elicited many oohs and ahhs, so xie xie Nial just the same.
I hope you enjoy these tales from my city, and look forward to reading your Shanghai stories. Don’t be shy now…
from the land of xiaolongbao and happy-ending massages,
Panthea
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