9781644451359_

One of Chinas most significant contemporary poets, co-translated by former US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith

Shortlisted for the 2021 Griffin Poetry Prize

Yi Lei published her poem A Single Womans Bedroom in 1987, when cohabitation before marriage was a punishable crime in China. She was met with major critical acclaimand with outragefor her frank embrace of womens erotic desire and her unabashed critique of oppressive law. Over the span of her revolutionary career, Yi Lei became one of the most influential figures in contemporary Chinese poetry.

Passionate, rigorous, and inimitable, the poems in My Name Will Grow Wide Like a Tree celebrate the joys of the body, ponder the miracle of compassion, and proclaim an abiding reverence for the natural world. Presented in the original Chinese alongside English translations by Changtai Bi and Pulitzer Prizewinning poet Tracy K. Smith, this collection introduces American readers to a boundless spiritone composing an explosion.

(*_*)9781644451359_

One of Chinas most significant contemporary poets, co-translated by former US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith

Shortlisted for the 2021 Griffin Poetry Prize

...(*_*)9781644451359_

One of China’s most significant contemporary poets, co-translated by former US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith

*Shortlisted for the 2021 Griffin Poetry Prize*

Yi Lei published her poem “A Single Woman’s Bedroom” in 1987, when cohabitation before marriage was a punishable crime in China. She was met with major critical acclaim—and with outrage—for her frank embrace of women’s erotic desire and her unabashed critique of oppressive law. Over the span of her revolutionary career, Yi Lei became one of the most influential figures in contemporary Chinese poetry.

Passionate, rigorous, and inimitable, the poems in My Name Will Grow Wide Like a Tree celebrate the joys of the body, ponder the miracle of compassion, and proclaim an abiding reverence for the natural world. Presented in the original Chinese alongside English translations by Changtai Bi and Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Tracy K. Smith, this collection introduces American readers to a boundless spirit—one “composing an explosion.”

My Name Will Grow Wide Like a Tree

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