Full Description
Wang Xiaoni has published five books of poetry and been honored with many awards, including the Ann Gao Poetry Prize in 1999, and the Chinese Literature Media Award in 2004. Her work is known for its keen detail and explication of everyday life. Something Crosses My Mind, published in China in 2008, spans twenty years of her writing.
The Jintian series of contemporary literature features innovative writing from mainland China and abroad. A collaborative venture between Zephyr Press, the Jintian Literary Foundation, and The Chinese University Press, each bilingual title highlights the ever-changing literary culture of China with a wave of new voices in translation.
Contents
Something Crosses My Mind
I FEEL THE SUN 4
LOVE 6
I CAN'T SEE MY OWN LIGHT 8
THINKING THAT, THEN THINKING THIS 10
THOSE I DON'T KNOW I DON'T WANT TO KNOW 12
EARLY MORNING 14
SEEING POTATOES 16
FRAGILITY COMES QUICKLY 18
A RAG'S BETRAYAL 20
STARTING ANEW AS A POET 22
MOONLIGHT IS VERY WHITE 24
SILENT ALL THE WAY FROM BEIJING TO GUANGZHOU 26
GOING OUT TO PLANT SUNFLOWERS 28
CICADA CALL 30
THE WATERMELON'S SORROW 32
XU JINGYA SLEEPS 34
SEEING THE OCEAN FROM A NIGHT FLIGHT 36
NOVEMBER'S RICE-GLEANERS 38
WHAT WILL YOU HAVE TO DRINK 40
PLOWMAN 42
RELIGIOUS SHEEP 44
WHEAT SEEDLINGS 46
THAT WOMAN FELL 48
CARRYING PEANUTS 50
THE ONE LIFTING A LAMP IN FRONT OF THE MUD HUT 52
AT THE VILLAGE FAIR 54
SCARECROW IN A DRESS 56
THE DESCENDANTS OF THE CALLIGRAPHER SU DONGPO 58
WASHING WATER BUFFALO IN THE OCEAN 60
CROSSING YUNNAN 62
CROSSING GUANGXI 64
CROSSING GUIZHOU 66
DREAMING OF TIGERS 68
LOTUS POND GHOST MOONLIGHT 70
NIGHTS OF LIGHTNING 72
AT NIGHT WHAT'S INSIDE THE SKYSCRAPERS 74
THE FEELING OF FLYING 76
MEETING DEATH'S ENVOY ON A WINTER AFTERNOON 78
THAT MAN RETREATS INTO THE SHADOWS 80
THE ONE STICKING CLOSE TO THE WHITE WALL AS HE LEAVES 82
THE ONE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ISN'T HERE 84
MOONLIGHT, NO. 1 86
MOONLIGHT, NO. 2 88
MOONLIGHT, NO. 3 90
TYPHOON, NO. 1 92
TYPHOON, NO. 2 94
FEAR 96
TRAIN PASSING THROUGH A MOONLIT NIGHT 104
