Moonlight Rests on My Left Palm: Poems and Essays by Yu Xiuhua trans. by Fiona Sze-Lorrain Translation Starting with her viral poem

Starting with her viral poem ‘Crossing Half of China to Fuck You’

passionate and sharply visual

he came to regard his racial notoriety as a curse as well as a blessing before dying at the age of only thirty-three

open introduction to a century of Irish-language poetry and its connections and conjunctions animate the debates and breakthroughs and experiments

discover their story and their most important life lessons

Moonlight Rests on My Left Palm: Poems and Essays by Yu Xiuhua trans. by Fiona Sze-Lorrain Translation Starting with her viral poemYu Xiuhua was born with cerebral palsy in Hengdian village, Hubei Province, in Central China. Unable to attend college, travel, or work the land with her parents, Yu remained home where she could help with housework. Eventually she was forced into an arranged marriage that became abusive. She divorced her husband and moved back in with her parents, taking her son with her. Thematically organized, her essays and poems are in conversation with each