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WHERE THE SEA STANDS STILL
WHERE THE SEA STANDS STILL
An essay on Yang Lian’s poem “Where the Sea Stands Still”
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 follows the twelve-part poem’s four movements, tracing the tensions between motion and stillness, language and experience.
POEMS & ORIGINAL INTERPRETIVE READING
POEMS & ORIGINAL INTERPRETIVE READING
The existing reader and original interpretive essay are preserved below.
