photo by Richard Beban
When she was a little girl, Clara wanted to be a hermit and martial artist
living in the mountains of China. Life's mysterious path took her to the
United States. In this reality, she practices the art of multi-dimensional
being: mother, musician, philanthropist, activist, purveyor of Clarion Music
Center (a world music shop of exotic musical instruments), traveler, and
ultimately, poet.
Clara was a nominee for the Pushcart Prize in poetry (2001). Some of her
poems can be found in the Homestead Review, the North Coast Review, the
Haight Ashbury Literary Journal, and the internet journal Red River Review.
Her poem on censorship was published in 2003 by the North American Folk
Music and Dance Alliance. Clara gives feature readings at various Bay Area
venues and benefit events, but her home is the Sacred Grounds Café
(Hayes and Cole), where poetry reading happens every Wednesday night.
In December 2005, Clara sold her music business of 23 years to focus on
her art and her unusual performance ensemble Lunation, which combines Chinese
and original poetry with Asian traditional instruments. She is also developing
the concept of the Poetry Hotel, organizing free social activities for the poet
community in the San Francisco Bay Area.
|
copyright © Clara Hsu, 2005
|