LUO Lianggong(Male, born Oct 30, 1967), Ph. D. in Comparative Literature and World Literature, is professor of English and vice dean of School of Foreign Languages, and director of Centre for English Literature, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China. Concurrently he is Assistant Editor-in-Chief ofForeign Literature Studies(anAHCIsource journal), member of the Editorial Board ofWorld Literature Studies, Deputy Chief Editor of the International Editorial Board ofThe Yeats Journal of Korea, Executive Director of Chinese/American Association for Poetry and Poetics (CAAP) at University of Pennsylvania, and standing director of the Council of Chinese Association for the Study of American Literature (founded in 1978). He served as the General Secretary of the 1^stand 2^ndConvention of Chinese/American Association for Poetry and Poetics (Wuhan, 2013 and 2011), the International Symposium on African American Literature (Wuhan, 2009), the International Conference on the 20^thCentury American Poetry (Wuhan, 2007), and International Symposium on Langston Hughes (Wuhan, China, 2007). His recent academic research focuses on English poetry and poetics, African American Literature, and literary translation study. He is author, translator, and editor of over 10 books and has published over 50 essays, about 10 of them indexed in AHCI, ISSHP (CPCI) and ISTP. He is recipient of awards and scholarships from China National Fund for Social Sciences and Philosophy, China National Fund for Publication, Fulbright Scholarship, Hubei Provincial Fund for Philosophy and Social Sciences, and Hubei Provincial Ministry of Education.

Education and Research Experience

Aug 2011- Jul 2012 Fulbright Research Scholar at University of Pennsylvania, USA

Sept 2005-Jun 2008 Doctoral Candidate in Comparative Literature and World Literature at

Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China

Nov 2003-Dec 2004 Visiting scholar at University of Pennsylvania, USA

Sep 1999-Jun 2002 Candidate for Master’s degree in English Language and Literature at

Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China

Sep 1989-Jul 1990 Studying Master’s degree courses at Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Sep 1984-Jun 1988 BA in English Language and Literature at Central China Normal

University, Wuhan, China

Academic Research

A. Major Publications in Journals

54. “A Connection with Nature: On Sonia Sanchez’s Haiku” [in Japanese].Nagoya American Literature/Culture3(28 March, 2014): 23-37.

53. “Discover ‘the Other Tradition’: On Marjorie Perloff’sPoetics in a New Keyand Others.” Foreign Literature Studies 1(2014): 140-144.

52. “Yeats and Heaney: An Anxiety of Influence.”The Yeats Journal of Korea4 (December 2013). ISSN 1226 4946. 31-46

51. “A Reading of Alice Munro.”Renmin Zhengxie BaoOct 21, 2013. C4.

50. “The Poetics of Charles Bernstein.”Journal of Jiangxi Social Sciences5(2013): 93-98. CSSCI.

49. “De-constructor of the Centre: African American Literature in the Context of American Literature.” Shandong Foreign Language Teaching Journal 5(2013): 8-13. ISSN1002-2643，CN37-1026/G4.

48.“From Sound to Identity: Musical Quality and Cultural Standpoint in Lip Thong Tan’s Poetry of Chinese Malaysian Poet Lip Thong Tan.”Journal of Southwest Minzu University7(2012).

47. “In the Great House: Derek Walcott and the Yeatsian Legacy.” (Korea)The Yeats Journal of Korea 4 (December 2012). ISSN 1226 4946.

46. “‘A Connection with Nature’: On Sonia Sanchez’s Haiku.” (USA)Valley Voice: A Literary Journal.Fall (2012). ISSN 1553-7668.

45. “China and Political Imagination in Langston Hughes’s Poetry.”American Modernist Poetry and the Chinese Encounter. Eds. Yuejun Zhang and Stuart Christie. New York: Palgrave-Mcmillan, 2012. 111-119. ISBN 987-0-230-39171-0.

44.Yeats’s Influence on African American Literature: A Case Study of Derek Walcott.The Yeats Journal of Korea3 (December 2011) （Korea）. ISSN 1226 4946. 71-82.

43. “A Study of Anne Waldman’s Performance Poetry” (Korean version).The Dong Bang Literature(Bimonthly, Korea) Vol. 59 (Dec 2011-Jan 2012). Nov 30, 2011. pp 86—109. ISSN 2092-7525

42. “Interview with Prof. Elizabeth Alexander.” Foreign Literature Studies 5(2011). 1-7. AHCI.

41.“The Studies of Richard Wright in China: An Annotated Bibliography.” (With Shi Liling). (USA)Valley Voice: A Literary Review2 (December 2010).

40. “Translate Poetic Ideas: On the Poetics of LANGUAGE Poetry and Its Translation.” Foreign Literature Studies 6(2010):138-144.

39.“Langston Hughes’s Poetics in the Post-McCarthyist Era.”Central China Academics. Vol 2. Wuhan: Central China Normal University, 2010. ISBN 978-7-5622-4549-0. pp.205-213.

38. “From Monologue to Dialogue: Langston Hughes Study in China since 1978.”World Literature Criticism1(2010).

37. “If the Delta Was the Seaby Dick Lourie.”Valley Voices: A Literary Review10.1 (Spring 2010).

36. On Langston Hughes’ Poetics in His Early Years.Three Gorges Forum3(2010).

35. “History Writing in the Poetry of Elizabeth Alexander: A Case Study of ‘Praise Song for the Day.’”Journal of Jinan University1(2010).

34. Moral as an Approach to Democracy: An Interpretation of Langston Hughes’ Early Poems.Forum for World Literature Studies1.1(December 2009):73-79.

33. Rediscovery of Race and Artistic Perspective: On Langston Hughes’s Growth in Poetry during the Harlem Renaissance.World Literature Criticism2(2009).

32. “The Black Women Problem as a Perspective: An Interpretation of Langston Hughes’s Suite Poems ‘Madam to You.’”Proceedings of the International Conference of the 20^th-century American Poetry. Wuhan: Central China Normal University, 2009.

31. “Poetic Form as Political Expression: A Dimension of Sonia Sanchez’s Poetry.”Contemporary Foreign Literature2 (2009).

30. “On Anne Waldman’s Performance Poetry.”Foreign Literature Studies1 (2009).

29. “Anne Waldman: Her Poetry and Poetics.”Poetry Monthly12(2009).

28. “The Interplay between Art and Politics: A Summary of the Study of Langston Hughes’s Poetry.”World Literature Criticism, 2(2008).

27．“Tradition of Walt Whitman and Art of Langston Hughes’s Early Poetry,”Foreign Languages Forum1(2008).

26. “Langston Hughes’s Popular Front Poems in Late 1930s,”Foreign Literature Studies2（2008）.

25. “Langston Hughes as a World Poet: A Summary of International Symposium on Langston Hughes,”Foreign Literature Studies4(2007).

24. “Poetics, Poetry, Language Poetry: An Interview with Professor Marjorie Perloff.”Foreign Literature Studies3(2007).

23. “The Moral and Ethical Dimension of Langston Hughes’s Poetry.”Proceedings of Conference on Ethical Literary Criticism: A New Approach to Literary Studies. Wuhan: Central China Normal University Press, 2006.

22． “The Wind in the Willows: A Utopia of Home,” Foreign Literature Studies 4（2006）.

21．“‘The dawning of my life on the final page of my diary’: Themes of Henrik Ibsen’s Early Poems.”Construction of Freedom in Ibsen’s Dramas: Papers of the 3rd International Ibsen Conference in China.Beijing: Foreign Languages Teaching and Research Press, 2006.

20． “Truth, Goodness and Beauty: from the Theme to the Creation of William Shakespeare’s Sonnets,”The World Literature Criticism. 2(2006).

19. “Poetic Craftsmanship and Spiritual Freedom: An Interview with Professor Sonia Sanchez,”Foreign Literature Studies6(2005).

18．“On Langston Hughes’s Humor,”Foreign Literature Studies4(2005).

17．“The Female Voice of the Black Arts Movement: An Interview with Sonia Sonchez,”Journal of Wuhan University of Technology(Social Sciences and Philosophy Edition) 4(2005)

16．“Sonia Sanchez: from Haiku to Harmony.BMa: the Sonia Sanchez Literary Review,10:2 (2005).

15． “A Survey of the Poets-Against-War Movement in America,”Foreign Literature Studies6(2004)

14．“Post-Colonial Features of Langston Hughes’s Poetry,”American Literature Review4(2004).

13. “The Construction of African American Culture in Langston Hughes’s Poetry,”Contemporary Foreign Literature4(2003).

12. “‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’: A Sorrowful Song of the Free Soul,”Xiang Chao(Theoretical Edition) 4(2003).

11. “Teaching English Writing Based on Reading Textbooks,”Chinese Education3(2003).

10. “Black American Music and Langston Hughes’s Poetic Innovation,”Foreign Literature Studies4(2002).

9. “Nihility: Spirit and Aesthetic Value of ‘Snow Country,’”Journal of Liaoning University1(2002).

8. “An Aesthetic Comparison of the Absence and Presence of the First Person Respectively in Chinese and English Poetry,”Journal of Wuhan University of Technology(Social Sciences and Philosophy Edition) 3(2001).

7．A Study on the Cognitive-Instructive Approach to College English Teaching.Proceedings of the 1999 International Symposium on Language Teaching (Beijing-Kunming). Cedar Falls，IA: The University of Northern Iowa Press, 2000.

6. “A Study of College English Teaching,”College English Teaching in China (1999-I). Beijing: Foreign Languages Teaching and Research Press, 2000.

5. “The Absence of the First Person in Chinese Poetry: Its Poetic Meaning and Translation.Translation and Culture.Wuhan: Hubei Science and Technology Press, 2000.

4. “An Interpretation of the Form of Langston Hughes’s Poetry from the Perspective of Socio-Semiotics,”Journal of Liaoning University5(1999), full text quoted in China Renmin University, Foreign Literature Review 1(2000).

3. “Exploration to Literary Reading from the Socio-semiotic Perspective,”Journal of Central China Normal University(1999).

2. “A Study of the Feasibility of the Cognitive-Instructive Mode of College English Teaching,”Teaching and Research. Nanchang: Jiangxi University Press, 1999.

1. “The Element of the Reader in Literary Translation,”Collection of Essays on Foreign Languages Teaching and Research. Wuhan: Wuhan University of Technology Press, 1999.

B. Books

* Author of

1.The Interplay between Art and Politics: A Study of Langston Hughes’s Poetry.Shanghai:

Shanghai Foreign Languages Education Press, 2010.

2.A Survey of English Poetry. Wuhan: Wuhan University Press, 2002, 2005.

3.Critical History of the 20^th-century African American Poetry. Forthcoming.

4.Writing from the Margin: A Criticism on Modern and Contemporary American Poetry.Wuhan: Central China Normal UP, forthcoming.

* Editor of

1.Our Common Suffering: Anthology of World Poets in Memoriam the Sichuan Earthquake(Co-edited with Nie Zhenzhao). Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press, 2008. (Winner of the 2008 “China’s Most Beautiful Book” and the second prize of “The Silvery Dove Award” granted by Shanghai Municipal Government in 2010)

2.Proceedings of the International Conference on the 20^th-century American Poetry(Wuhan, 2007) (Co-edited with Nie Zhenzhao). Wuhan: Central China Normal University Press, 2009. (Cited byCPCI-SSH, 2010)

3.Selected Readings of the 20^th-Century American Literature. Wuhan: Central China Normal University, 2010.

4.Proceedings of the International Symposium on African American Literature. Co-edited with John Zheng. Wuhan: Central China Normal University Press, 2011.

5.Selected Readings of British and American Literature. Co-edited with Liu Fang. Wuhan: Central China Normal University Press, 2011.

6.Proceedings of the 1^stConvention of Chinese/American Association for Poetry and Poetics.Co-edited with Nie Zhenzhao and Su Hui. Wuhan: Central China Normal University, 2013.

And other books…

* Translator of

1.The Wind in the Willows. By Kenneth Grahame. Wuhan: Yangtse Literature and Art Publishing House, 2008.

2．Pride and Prejudice. By Jane Austin. Wuhan: Yangtze Literature and Art Publishing House, 2003, 2005, 2007.

3.Selected Poems of Charles Bernstein. Wuhan: Central China Normal University Press, 2011.

4.L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Poetics. Translator and editor. Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign Language Education Press, 2013.

Academic Exchange

A．Keynote Speeches at International and National Conferences

22. “Poetics of Sound in African American Poetry.” The 3rd Symposium of Chinese Association for the Study of English Literature, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Jun 6-8, 2014.

21. “Ethical Meaning of Poetic Form.” Top Forum for the Development of the Discipline of Foreign Language and Literature at Jiangxi Normal University & Conference on Ethical Literary Criticism. Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang, April 26-27, 2014.

20. “Call and Response: Langston Hughes and Derek Walcott in the Spirit of the Blues.” The Langston Hughes Society Panel: “The Writings of Langston Hughes: Pathway and Portico to Circum-Caribbean Literature.” College Language Association Convention 2014. Co-hosted by Tulane University and CLA. New Orleans, LA, March 26-29, 2014.

19. “Sustainability, Vision, and Future of An A&HCI-Indexed Journal.” Workshop for the Vision of Becoming the 21th Century Glocal Journal: “From Local to Glocal: How to Become A Glocal Journal.” Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea. Oct 17, 2013.

18. “Yeats and Heaney: An Anxiety of Influence.” Korea University in Sejong, Korea: International Conference on Yeats and Heaney. Oct 6, 2013.

17. “Naturalization and Socialization of Sound in Sonia Sanchez’s Poetry.” Wuhan, China: The 2^ndConvention of Chinese/American Association for Poetry and Poetics & International Conference on Modern and Contemporary English Literatures. June 8-9, 2013.

16. “A Connection with Nature: On Sonia Sanchez’s Haiku poetry.” Nagoya University, Japan: Race and Ethnicity in American Literature and Culture: A Reconsideration. March 16-17, 2013

15. “In a Great House: Derek Walcott and the Yeatsian Legacy.” Seoul, Korea: The 20^thConvention of the Yeats Society of Korea, Oct 5, 2012.

14. “Heterotopic View of Suburbia: A Rereading of Short Stories of John Updike and Raymond Carver.” Seoul, Korea: Heterotopic Visions in Post-World War II American Suburbia. August 10, 2012.

13. “Yeats’s Influence on African American Literature: A Case Study of Derek Walcott.” Seoul, Korea: The 20^thConvention of the Yeats Society of Korea, Oct 27-29, 2011.

12. “Poetical Dialogue between Langston Hughes and T. S. Eliot.” Wuhan, China: The 1^stConvention of the Chinese/American Association for Poetry and Poetics (International conference), Sep 28-30, 2011.

11. “Influence, Alliance or Resistance?: Between Ezra Pound and Langston Hughes.” Harbin Institute of Technology: International Conference on 20^thCentury Literature in English from Cross-cultural Perspective, January 14-17, 2011.

10. “From Voice to Identity: The Musical Characteristics of Tian Si’s Poetry and His Cultural Stance.” Kuala Lumpur and Kajang, Malaysia: Malaya University and New Era College, August 2010.

9.“China and the Political Imagination in Langston Hughes’s Poetry.” International Conference on Ethnicity, Identity and Contemporary Literary Studies: A Global Perspective. Co-sponsored by Nanjing University and Emory University. Nanjing: Nanjing University, June 2010.

8. “‘Translate the Poetical Ideas’：A Study of LANGUAGE Poetry and its Translation.” The 15^thConference of Chinese Association for Study of American Literasture. Tianjin: Naikai University, May 2010.

7. History Writing in the Poetry of Elizabeth Alexander: A Case Study of “Praise Song for the Day.” Keynote Speech at International Conference on African American Literature (sponsored by Fulbright Programs). Wuhan, China: Central China Normal University, December 2009.

6. “On Amiri Baraka’s Pop-Cultural Poetics.” Keynote speech at “The National Conference on Home, Race and Modern English Literature.” Jinhua, Zhejiang: Zhejiang Normal University, October 2009.

5. “Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes: Their Spiritual and Artistic Relationships.” Keynote speech at the Second International Pearl River (Guangzhou) Poetry Conference, at Guangdong Business Institute and Sun Yat-sen University, June 2008.

4. “The Popular Front Poems of Langston Hughes in late 1930s.” Keynote Speech at the First

National Symposium on English Poetry, at Hebei Normal University, April 2008.

3. Gender as a Perspective: A Case Study of Langston Hughes’s Suite Poems “Madam to You.”

Keynote Speech at the International Conference on the 20^thCentury American Poetry. Central China Normal University (Wuhan, China), July 21-23, 2007.

2. “The Moral and Ethical Dimension of Langston Hughes’s Poetry.” Keynote Speech at the

Conference on Ethical Literary Criticism: A New Approach to Literary Studies. Central China Normal University, 2006.

1. “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”: A Sorrow Song of the Free Soul. Keynote Speech at the Fourth Convention of China Academy of British Literature. Wuhan University of Technology, 2003.

B. Lectures

China

Shanghai Jiaotong University, Wuhan University, Hubei Chinese Medical University, Hebei Engineering University, Hubei Minzu University, Yunnan Normal University, Hunan Normal University, Hunan University, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Central South University, Beijing International Studies University, Harbin Institute of Technology, Wuhan City College, Hubei Business University, Ningbo University, Qingdao University, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Shanghai International Studies University, China Geoscience University (Wuhan), Minzu University of China, etc

USA

University of Kansas; State University of New York, Buffalo; Framingham State University; Massachusetts University Amherst; Drexel University; Spelman College; Mississippi Valley State University; Mississippi Delta State University

Japan

Nagoya University

Korea

Hanyang University, Dangook University, Korea University

Malaysia

New Era College and Malaya University