An unexpected collection, both in purpose and origin, Desde Hong Kong has turned out to be a surprising achievement. First, the premise: Desde Hong Kong is occasioned by the 2014 centennial celebration of Octavio Paz’s birth. Couched as “poets in conversation with” the great Mexican national poet, it manages to take several cultural and geographical leaps, and draws together poems not just from – and about – Hong Kong, but also Canada, the Philippines, Singapore and Mexico. A