Words as Grain: New and Selected Poems

by Lucas Klein and Duo Duo

Longlisted for the 2022 PEN Award for Poetry in Translation, this authoritative new collection by one of China's most lauded poets is "a thrill to read" (Drew Calvert, Asymptote)

"Words as Grain offers Zen koan-like poems that call for rereading and contemplation. As the poet himself says in 'Reading Great Poems, ' 'let the dialogue between thought and silence continue.' We are fortunate to be a party to this sustained...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300227396
• ISBN13: 9780300227390
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.3" x 7.8"