“如果你是船,漂泊就是你的命运,可别靠岸。”这仿佛是诗人北岛的隐喻。北岛,创刊《今天》的诗人,曾经的文化符号,写下一个时代的墓志铭。随后开始了漂泊之旅,母语是他唯一的行李,诗歌是他开路的宝剑。北岛现任教于加利福尼亚州戴维斯大学,一直低调地生活与写作,两年前以《失败之书》、《时间的玫瑰》重回人们视野。近日,又由江苏文艺出版社出版散文新作《青灯》,回眸岁月沧桑。书中收录了北岛刚完成的十七篇作品。 “If you are a boat, wandering is your destiny, do not dock.” “This is a metaphor for the poet North Island. North Island, founded the ”Today“ poet, once the cultural symbols, write an epitaph of the times. Then began a journey of adventures, his only luggage, his poetry is his open sword. North Island is currently teaching at Davis University in California, has been living and writing a low profile, two years ago with ”the book of failure“, ”Rose of Time“ back to people’s perspective. Recently, Jiangsu Literature and Art Publishing House published a new essay ”Green Lantern" to review the vicissitudes of life. The book contains the North Island just completed seventeen works.