The Orchid
An excerpt from my story in the Michigan Quarterly Review--they did such a beautiful job with layout and edits!! 感謝!!
Here is a link to the excerpt, as well as some notes for those interested in reading more about Mi Fu and Chinese calligraphy. (I posted a bit about it in a personal essay called In Praise of Oranges published in Gulf Coast Journal here). I am going to post the entire story, either here on at 3 Quarks Daily.
The Orchid excerpt, Michigan Quarterly Review
The Orchid Notes (Chinese calligraphy bibliography)
Also some poetry translations published in Michigan: University of Western Michigan's Literary Translation Journal Transference (Peer Reviewed)
Takamura Kotaro
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