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Doubled Shadows
The JINTIAN series of contemporary literature features new and innovative writing from mainland China and abroad. Titles in the series are edited by Bei Dao, Lydia H. Liu, and Christopher Mattison. A collaborative venture between Zephyr Press, the Jintian Literary Foundation, and The Chinese University Press, each bilingual title highlights the ever-changing literary culture of China while simultaneously expanding the English language with a wave of new voices in translation.
144 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 2012
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October 9, 2019
“Happiness is a low-blowing morning breeze:
To reach it, you must stoop.”
Folks know I don't believe in "reviewing" poetry. It does for poetry what the Jonestown Kool-Aid did for kids' drinks. However, I'm not smugly above recommending the shit out of fantastic poets to you, like Ouyang. He flawlessly combines a modern sensibility (without taking for granted all of the stupid shit we have at our beck and call that renders our sensibilities dull and morose and pained) with a almost surrealist bent, and the results are cloaked and sometimes wicked and sometimes soaring!
To reach it, you must stoop.”
Folks know I don't believe in "reviewing" poetry. It does for poetry what the Jonestown Kool-Aid did for kids' drinks. However, I'm not smugly above recommending the shit out of fantastic poets to you, like Ouyang. He flawlessly combines a modern sensibility (without taking for granted all of the stupid shit we have at our beck and call that renders our sensibilities dull and morose and pained) with a almost surrealist bent, and the results are cloaked and sometimes wicked and sometimes soaring!
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