Denis Mair
Discover new poetry from China in the collection Zero Distance
In the late 90s and early years of the new millennium, a polemical battle between âintellectual writingâ and âpopulist writingâ unfolded on Chinese websites such as PoemLife. Members of the populist writing camp rallied around Yi Sha, who reveled in the rich materials of everyday life and eschewed the stylistic influence of translated Western works
‘Pei Pei the Monkey King’: Playful poetry with serious resonances
This is a book of childrenâs poems for adults, or perhaps one could call it a book of adult poems for a readerâs inner child. The poems articulate author Wawaâs multivalent feelings about returning to Hong Kong (and to her native language) after a sojourn abroad.