{"product_id":"my-name-will-grow-wide-like-a-tree-selected-poems-9781644450406","title":"My Name Will Grow Wide Like a Tree: Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of China's most significant contemporary poets, co-translated by former US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Shortlisted for the 2021 Griffin Poetry Prize*\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYi 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePassionate, rigorous, and inimitable, the poems in \u003ci\u003eMy Name Will Grow Wide Like a Tree\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yi Lei\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.5lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644450406","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42879830032521,"sku":"9781644450406","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_94b645bc-800b-4691-8ae4-9cbb987da958.jpg?v=1722932543","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/my-name-will-grow-wide-like-a-tree-selected-poems-9781644450406","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}