Verses on bird : selected poems / by Zhang Er ; translated by Rachel Levitsky ... [and others] with the author.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zhang, Er.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Levitsky, Rachel D.

Standardized Title:

Poems. English & Chinese. Selections

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Zhang, Er.

Zhang, Er--Translations into English.

Genre:

Poetry.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

71 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Guan yu niao de duan shi

关于 鸟 的 短诗

Place of Publication:

Brookline, MA : Zephyr Press, [2004]

Language Note:

English and Chinese.

Summary:

Zhang Er was born in Beijing, China and moved to the United States in 1986. Her writings of poetry, non-fiction, and essays have appeared in publications in Taiwan, China, the American emigre community and in a number of American journals. She is the author of multiple books in Chinese and in English translation, including Cross River. Pick Lotus (Belladonna Books) & Carved Water (Tinfish Press).

Contents:

from Verses on Bird

Bird's-eye View 4

Verses on Bird 8

from Riverglyph / Water Words

A Bridge Under Construction 30

The Hardware Store 32

Landslide 34

On Board the Yu Chang 36

Watermelon Juice 38

Cross River. Pick Lotus 42.

ISBN:

0939010801

OCLC:

56395104