Impossible Paradise - Yuhong Chen

The Poetry Book Society Translation Choice Spring 2026‘May the stone steps and the deep-sleeping door summonthe camellia’s impossible paradiseand your face the impossible keyMay the window shudderMay the notes be blueand the candleflame shake unequivocally’(from ‘May the Rain’)One of Taiwan’s most celebrated poets, Chen Yuhong draws on both Western and Asian literary traditions, inflected by her work as a translator of contemporary English-language women poets (Glück, Oswald, Duffy).... Zobrazit více