"Yi Lei's astonishing poems, steeped in disquiet and desire, are at once aching and incendiary. Tracy K. Smith and Changtai Bi have coaxed them into English respectfully, inventively, and gorgeously. . . . A resonant conversation between two exceptional poets."--Jhumpa Lahiri

"Even posthumously, Yi Lei remains one of the most revolutionary voices in Chinese poetry. This volume presents the expertly translated English poems alongside their Chinese originals for a beautiful and essential collection for any poetry lover."--Ms. Magazine"These poems in English are a tour de force. . . . In our own moment of urgency, this collection is, as Smith says, essential."--RHINO Biografía del autor Yi Lei (1951?2018) received the Zhuang Zhongwen Literature Prize and published eight collections of poems, including A Single Woman?s Bedroom, The Love Poems of Yi Lei, and Women?s Age. Her work has been translated into five languages.