WHERE THE SEA STANDS STILL › DARKNESSES
From Where the Sea Stands Still · poem translated by Brian Holton
Read the poetry with its original interpretation, then return to it through a revised critical reading.
Yang Lian’s Chinese poem and Brian Holton’s English translation, followed by the original interpretive essay.
Dreams, or Each River's Third Bank + AnalysisA second encounter with the poem, developed through Astra’s newer research methodology: Chinese-first close reading, attention to translation, and a renewed examination of the original interpretation.
WTSSS_LC02_E_v2.pdfDreams, or Each River's Third Bank—Immersive