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ARK
ARK
An essay on Yang Lian’s poem “Ark”
From Where the Sea Stands Still · poem translated by Brian Holton
This page presents a close-reading essay on “Ark” in two forms: a reading edition and a graphic edition.
The essay examines how a sunken ark reverses the promise of survival, presenting catastrophe as an event that has passed in time yet continues to engulf those who experienced it.
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