Fanling in October

By PUI YING WONG

"Pui Ying Wong is a master of the startling metaphor." --Lee Slonimsky

"The poems of FANLING IN OCTOBER by the brilliant metaphorist Pui Ying Wong sneak up on you. Her comparisons turn like tiny keys to open vast centuries where days stretch like nylon socks. Wong evokes vivid scenes from the past-- all the while acknowledging the impossibility of recapturing the very moments she so movingly recreates. As time obliterates Fanling, a neighborhood of Hong Kong, the red of an empire spreads like jam/over every street. Yet Pui Ying Wong's poems accordion out to North America, her lines those of a warmly intelligent person talking to herself-- but not minding if she's overheard. The gorgeous poems of FANLING IN OCTOBER belong in your pocket as you walk and think thinking all the more deeply because you're reading Pui Ying Wong."--Molly Peacock

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1962131009
• ISBN13: 9781962131001
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Barrow Street Press
• Length: 78 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.6"