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Author Archives: Heather Lang

A Review of Sea Summit by Yi Lu

June 20, 2016

Heather Lang

Translated from the Chinese by Fiona Sze-Lorrain (Minneapolis, MN: Milkweed Editions, 2015) “A stage setting has no independent life of its own. Its emphasis is directed towards the performance. In the absence of the actor it does not exist.” These words … Continued

A Review of Songs & Yes by MRB Chelko

February 15, 2016

Heather Lang

(Buffalo, NY: sunnyoutside, 2015) I’ve suffered fits of insomnia since I was young. I’d wake my mother at 2 a.m. to “roast marshmallows” (her paired socks) on “the grill” (her blanket-covered legs) or to tell her stories about multiplication, butterflies, … Continued

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