Wang Pu



The Reliquary | 宝塔

Translated by Ali McIness —for Li Chun and His Contemporaries The reliquary is a candle; the lake by the trees And the bottle on its shore, drawing on its warmth. And why isn’t it the bottle? You raise it, perhaps …

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Contemporary Chinese Poetry in Translation: The Homings and Departures Project

Image by Wang Yin Homings & Departures is a poetry translation project of the China Australia Writing Centre (CAWC) at Curtin and Fudan Universities, and the International Poetry Studies Institute (IPSI) at the University of Canberra. As worldwide borders close …

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