Poetry. Asian Studies. Bilingual Edition. Translated from the Chinese by Bob Holman, Arpine Konyalian Grenier, Timothy Liu, Bill Ransom, Susan M. Schultz, and Leonard Schwarz. Zephyr's second collection of Zhang Er's poetry, this bilingual edition includes a selection of work from three of her most recent Chinese collections ranging from the late 1990s to the present day. "Zhang Er's poems lead us to another world, dive into the blank of writing and shriek in despair. The eloquence in her poems is a voice debating our time"—Bei Dao.

Author City: OLYMPIA, WA USA

Zhang Er is the author of three collections of poetry in Chinese, Seen, Unseen, Water Words, and Because of Mountain. She has multiple chapbooks in English translation, such as VERSES ON BIRD, THE AUTUMN OF GU YAO, and CARVED WATER. Other titles include VERSES ON BIRD and SO TRANSLATING RIVERS AND CITIES. She worked as a contributing editor for several Chinese poetry journals, such as First Line, Poetry Currents and Oliver Tre. She teaches at The Evergreen State College in Washington.