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Fairleigh Dickinson University

Ye Lijun

Up the Mountain

April 29, 2022

Ye Lijun

translated from Chinese by Fiona Sze-Lorrain     Rustling in the grass. A little squirrel hauls a large fluffy tail among twigs and branches an instantaneous flash. Empty mountain. Birds singing. Flapping feathers so minute, yet ubiquitous . . . … Continued

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