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CEMENT MAN
CEMENT MAN
An essay on Yang Lian’s poem “Cement Man”
From Where the Sea Stands Still · poem translated by Brian Holton
This page presents a close-reading essay on “Cement Man” in two forms: a reading edition and a graphic edition.
The essay examines the coexistence of mineral permanence and bodily suffering, following the poem’s four approaches to a hardened figure that continues to feel, run and hear its heartbeat.
ESSAY
ESSAY
