The Coarse and the Exquisite; Liang Qiwei; Night in the Affected Area; Anecdote; & Side Entrance, translated from the Chinese by George O’Connell and Diana Shi

Han Dong, a poet, fiction writer, essayist, and film director, remains central to contemporary China’s “Third Generation” poetry movement. His most recent poetry volumes include Miracle and Grief or Eternal Life: Four Decades of Selected Han Dong Poems. His writing has won many awards in China, including the Lu Xun Literary Prize and a Media Award for Chinese Literature.