Chinese Poetry: ‘Dad’ and ‘Sleepwalking’ by Yu Yoyo
7th October
Two poems by Sichuanese poet Yu Yoyo, translated by Dave Haysom with A K Blakemore. Yu was seen as a voice of her generation after her work gained attention online.
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