A rhapsodic meditation on the dreams and defeats, disparities and excesses, mythologies and absurdities of contemporary life<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Available now<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Bloom & and Other Poems, by Xi Chuan, translated by Lucas Klein A rhapsodic meditation on the dreams and defeats, disparities and excesses, mythologies and absurdities of contemporary life Available now<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[7],"tags":[227,462,270,1654],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xichuanpoetry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Bloom-cover-front-scaled.jpg?fit=1708%2C2560&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8srwF-1kL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5161,"url":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=5161","url_meta":{"origin":5131,"position":0},"title":"Xi Chuan’s Bloom & and Other Poems reviewed at Poetry Foundation","author":"Lucas Klein","date":"July 15, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Xi Chuan's newest, his second book in English, Bloom and Other Poems, has only been out for a matter of days, but already it's received its first review! 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