WHERE THE SEA STANDS STILL › POMEGRANATES DENIED
THE SOUTH
THE SOUTH
An essay on Yang Lian’s poem “The South”
From Where the Sea Stands Still · poem translated by Brian Holton
This page brings together the original interpretive reading and a revised critical reading, with the graphic edition below.
The essay traces denial through the sea, oppressive heat and damaged language, reading the poem alongside “The North.”
POEMS & ORIGINAL INTERPRETIVE READING
POEMS & ORIGINAL INTERPRETIVE READING
The existing reader and original interpretive essay are preserved below.
