{"id":5046,"date":"2021-09-27T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=5046"},"modified":"2021-09-27T08:49:51","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T15:49:51","slug":"john-bradley-on-duo-duos-words-as-grain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=5046","title":{"rendered":"John Bradley on Duo Duo’s Words as Grain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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John Bradley on Words as Grain <\/em>for Rain Taxi<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The current print issue of Rain Taxi<\/a> <\/em>features John Bradley’s review of my translation Words as Grain: New and Selected Poems<\/a><\/em> of Duo Duo \u591a\u591a (Yale University Press). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Klein does a superb job of keeping the English translations as clear as possible, and when compared to others who have attempted the rigorous challenges of Duo Duo, Klein is more succinct, concise, and poetic. Words as Grain <\/em>offers Zen koan-like poems that call for rereading and contemplation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Since it’s in the print issue, here’s a photo of the whole review:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The current print issue of Rain Taxi features John Bradley’s review of my translation Words as Grain: New and Selected Poems of Duo Duo \u591a\u591a (Yale University Press). 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