The Shanghai poet Hai An recently asked me to work with him on translations of two of his poems in advance of the 25th anniversary meeting of the Shanghai Translators Association. So I did. A HIGH-SPEED TRAIN With her last glance she sees The scene collapsing out the window. A dragonfly gone A little girl in […]
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