Synopsis
Lizzy Chen writes at the threshold between openness to the world and the need to protect an independent self. Across four sections, this Chinese-English collection explores intimacy, childhood, disappointment, and the courage of setting out alone.
Moonlight, flowers, trains, mountains, and the sea register shifting distances between lovers and between past and present. Short lyrics and prose poems allow tenderness, playfulness, desire, and resistance to coexist. The collection includes a foreword by He Sanpo.