<div><p>&quot;Bill Porter has been one of the most prolific translators of Chinese texts, while also developing into a travel writer with a cult following.&quot;<i>The New York Times</i></p><p>&quot;Red Pine's out-of-the-mainstream work is canny and clearheaded, and it has immeasurably enhanced Zen/Taoist literature and practice.&quot;<i>Kyoto Journal</i></p><p>&quot;Red Pine's succinct and informative notes for each poem are core samples of the cultural, political, and literary history of China.&quot;<i>Asian Reporter</i></p><p>To pay homage to China's greatest poets, renowned translator Bill Porterwho is also known by his Chinese name &quot;Red Pine&quot;traveled throughout China visiting dozens of poets' graves and performing idiosyncratic rituals that featured Kentucky bourbon and reading poems aloud to the spirits.</p><p>Combining travelogue, translations, history, and personal stories, this intimate and fast-paced tour of modern China celebrates inspirational landscapes and presents new translations of classical poems.</p><p>An entertaining storyteller who is deeply knowledgeable about Chinese culture, both ancient and modern, Porter brings the reader<i> into</i>the journeyfrom standing at the edge of the trash pit that used to be Tu Mu's grave to sitting in Han Shan's cave where the Buddhist hermit &quot;Butterfly Woman&quot; serves tea.</p><p>Illustrated with over one hundred photographs and two hundred poems, <i>Finding Them Gone</i>combines the love of travel with an irrepressible exuberance for literature.</p><p><b>Bill Porter </b>(a.k.a. &quot;Red Pine&quot;) is widely recognized as one of the world's finest translators of Chinese religious and poetic texts. His best-selling books include<i>Lao-tzu's Taoteching </i>and <i>The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain</i>. He lives near Seattle, Washington.<br></p></div>