Push open the window by Anthology and translated by Qingping Wang

This is poetry from China.

Push open the window by Anthology translated by Qingping Wang is published by Copper Canyon Press. This is a Book originally written in Chinese. This was published in 2011.0 and has the ISBN of 9.781556593307E12.

Push open the window is an anthology translated by Qingping Wang from Chinese, gathering Chinese-language poetry from China through contemporary Chinese poetry as anthology, window-opening, and the curated act of letting air into a room. Its value comes from chorus rather than singular authorship, so I would not treat it as one poet’s private weather. The better entrance is through window, air, anthology, and the first invitation into many voices at once. Anthologies can become maps, but the best ones also leave room for wandering, disagreement, and surprise. Push open the window belongs in the translated poetry library because it gives readers an anthology shaped by access, plurality, and contemporary Chinese range. It gives a reader several doors into a tradition before asking them to choose only one.

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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