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facing shadows

Facing Shadows

Ha Jin

Paper: ISBN 978-1-882413-24-9 $18
Hard Cover: ISBN 978-1-882413-25-6 $28

72 Pages

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Ha Jin’s journey has taken him from a rural provincial village to the People’s Army, through the Cultural Revolution, then to Chinese and American universities and, finally, to Emory University in Georgia, where he teaches English.

 

What critics say:

“These poems are unflinchingly lucid, luminous, brave, and the shadows faced in this book are faced with a powerful light.”–Thomas Lux.

“A master of lyric.”–Asianweek.

“A mind and heart fresh to significance.”–Olga Broumas.