from Sidetracks (Translator)
the revolution needs a bigger space / so that the same tragedy cannot repeat itself
the revolution needs a bigger space / so that the same tragedy cannot repeat itself
Where do you come from? Where did you grow? Your leaving
brought you here To the nest at the center of your home Where
have you flown? Your lowered gze at the center of your home Where
Our new Fall issue includes an excerpt from Bei Dao's book-length poem Sidetracks, translated from the Chinese by Jeffrey Yang. In Sidetracks, Bei Dao reflects on his turn to making ink-dot paintings like the one here. In April 2012, while with hi…
The book of dates went back hundreds of thousands of years, progressing from the distant, geological past to the distant, geological present.
Kazumi Tanaka works with wood, bone, sound, and her own hair. She works with plaster, glass, paint, and light. She’s remade the furniture of her mother’s only “tiny corner of … comfort space” in miniature—every drawer and door perfectly functional with the use of tweezers.