The Orchid Boat: Women Poets of China by Kenneth Rexroth

The Orchid Boat: Women Poets of China

Kenneth Rexroth

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nonfiction poetry challenging reflective slow-paced
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The poetry proves again that stereotypes mislead. Chinese verse is supposedly cool and distant, detached and dispassionate. The opposite seems true; poets are exalted or downcast, drunk with wine or, in the case of women, frankly sensuous....Nothi...

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