Several poems by Li Po are featured in the 1975 Anchor Press anthology Sunflower Splendor: 3000 Years of Chinese Poetry. This collection offers an excellent introduction to Chinese poetry, enriched with helpful explanatory materials.

Ezra Pound observed that "The River-Merchant's Wife" possesses a style and tone that would fit seamlessly into Robert Browning's early poetry collection titled Men and Women, available from Oxford University Press, 1972.

In Digging for the Treasure: Translation after Pound, published by Peter Lang in 1984, Ronnie Apter discusses Pound's skill in staying true to the original poem while adapting it for a twentieth-century audience.

Cathay is part of Pound's Collected Shorter Poems (Faber & Faber, 1968), a volume that includes many of Pound's more accessible works.

Simon Elegant's A Floating Life: The Adventures of Li Po: An Historical Novel is a beautifully written narrative that recreates the adventurous and flamboyant life of Li Po, highlighting his role in the golden age of Chinese culture.

The Case of Ezra Pound presents documentary evidence, testimonies, and the reactions of many contemporary poets to the trial of Ezra Pound. This intriguing study was edited by Charles Norman and published by Funk & Wagnalls in 1968.

James Laughlin's 1985 work Pound as Wuz: Essays and Lectures on Ezra Pound is a collection of insightful and often touching memories based on Laughlin's relationship with Pound in the years leading up to World War II.

Van Wyck Brooks explores the influence of Oriental art and philosophy on Western artists in Fenollosa and His Circle, a biography of the man whose preliminary work inspired Cathay.

Published by Oxford University Press in 1999, Ezra and Dorothy Pound: Letters in Captivity, 1945-46 provides a fascinating glimpse into their relationship and a chilling portrayal of his captivity.