In such hard times by Wei Yingwu and translated by Red Pine

This is poetry from China.

In such hard times by Wei Yingwu translated by Red Pine is published by Copper Canyon Press. This is a Book originally written in Chinese. This was published in 2009.0 and has the ISBN of 9.781556592799E12.

In such hard times, by Wei Yingwu, is a Chinese poetry collection from China, translated from Chinese by Red Pine, published by Copper Canyon Press in 2009. It is a Chinese collection by Wei Yingwu, translated by Red Pine, that brings classical lyric attention into English with restraint. The title feels almost plain, but that plainness is part of the force: hardship is met through landscape, solitude, memory, and the discipline of quiet speech. I would not approach it as a book that needs to be solved before it can begin working. Start with the title, the pressure of the translated line, and the feeling of a voice making room for itself in English. The value here is not just metadata or representation. It is the chance to let a particular book create its own weather, its own difficulty, and its own way of asking the reader to listen.

If you’d like to see international poetry continue and gain traction, consider requesting this work from your local library, or purchasing it from places like Open Books (a poetry only bookstore), Asterism Books (an independent press distributor), or bookshop.org to connect you with your local bookstores.

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