Longlisted for the 2022 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation, this
authoritative new collection by one of China's most lauded poets is
"a thrill to read" (Drew Calvert, Asymptote) "Words as Grain offers
Zen koan-like poems that call for rereading and contemplation. As
the poet himself says in 'Reading Great Poems,' 'let the dialogue
between thought and silence continue.' We are fortunate to be a
party to this sustained and intense dialogue."-John Bradley, Rain
Taxi While keeping a cautious distance from literary trends and
labeling, Duo Duo has emerged as one of the world's preeminent
poets. His poems respond to the Chinese political landscape from
the Cultural Revolution to the Tiananmen Square tragedy and beyond.
Some are written from the vantage point of exile abroad, others in
his homeland, but all inscribe an ache for original expression, a
sense of place, and the essence of language. In exacting renderings
by award-winning translator Lucas Klein, this career-spanning
anthology features Duo Duo's entire oeuvre since his return to
China in 2004, as well as a representative selection of his earlier
poems, presenting nearly five decades of work. This collection
traces the evolution, in a particular historical context and
cultural tradition, of one of the most vibrant poets at work in the
world today.
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