NARRATIVE POEM › PART I · PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM 3
Room where mottoes of destruction are mumbled
Room where mottoes of destruction are mumbled
An essay on Yang Lian’s poem “Room where mottoes of destruction are mumbled”
From Narrative Poem · poem translated by Brian Holton
This page presents a close-reading essay in both a reading edition and a graphic edition.
The essay examines the room as a bodily and historical space where speech and shelter become unstable.
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