{"product_id":"9780981552132","title":"The Changing Room: Selected Poetry of Zhai Yongming","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Fireworks and Working Girls\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eFireworks and working girls\u003cbr\u003eThey’ve danced with abandon\u003cbr\u003eDescending into loneliness in the end\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eConfucian moralists wouldn’t agree:\u003cbr\u003eThese explosions in the heavens are a natural thing\u003cbr\u003eWe watch as we please reflect as we please\u003cbr\u003eAll has been illuminated corners once overlooked\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eIf my will could ascend to the sky\u003cbr\u003eI’d want to go to pieces too\u003cbr\u003eIn the quest for love I’d dance a proud dance\u003cbr\u003eAnyone might surrender to lust beneath the moon\u003cbr\u003eEven the moon adores its own ecstasy\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eIf it were able\u003cbr\u003eIt would light its own fuse\u003cbr\u003eEvery flowery bone of its body\u003cbr\u003eScattered to the winds \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author of six volumes of poetry, \u003cb\u003eYongming Zhai\u003c\/b\u003e first became prominent in the mid-1980s with the publication of her twenty-poem cycle, \u003ci\u003eWoman\u003c\/i\u003e , a work that forcefully articulated a female point-of-view in China's largely patriarchal society. Her powerful imagery and forthright voice resonated with many readers. Zhai has continued to hone her critique of traditional attitudes toward women, quickly becoming one of China's foremost feminist voices and a major force in the contemporary literary scene. She is also an installation artist and prolific essayist, and stages poetry readings and other cultural events at the bar she owns in her native Chengdu.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eAndrea Lingenfelter\u003c\/b\u003e received her MA from Yale University. She is also the translator of the novels \u003ci\u003eCandy\u003c\/i\u003e (Back Bay Books, 2003), \u003ci\u003eFarewell to My Concubine\u003c\/i\u003e (W. Morrow, 1993), and \u003ci\u003eThe Last Princess of Manchuria\u003c\/i\u003e (W. Morrow, 1992). She currently lives in Seattle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zephyr Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47035570290928,"sku":"9780981552132","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780981552132_p0.jpg?v=1763882647","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780981552132","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}