{"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYi Lei\u003c\/b\u003e (1951-2018) received the Zhuang Zhongwen Literature Prize and published eight collections of poems, including \u003ci\u003eA Single Woman's Bedroom\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Love Poems of Yi Lei\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWomen's Age\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has been translated into five languages.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50915733405970,"sku":"9781644450406","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d8723418-7a35-4faf-aadd-7523d2a222b7.jpg?v=1738827898","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/my-name-will-grow-wide-like-a-tree-selected-poems-9781644450406","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}