by shih | Apr 24, 2019 | keywords
WU Ming-Yi, The Man with the Compound Eyes Bunun peopleMilletmountainssearch and rescue teamAnd there were still other moths with eyespots on their wings, like innumerable eyes staring at him.Every thread of rain was glowing, as if the moon itself had turned to rain,...
by shih | Apr 20, 2019 | keywords
WU Ming-Yi, The Man with the Compound Eyes The best part about talking to Hafay was that she would never judge the sudden sadness that overcomes people after they’ve imbibed. She never got involved, but those long-lashed eyes of hers made you feel nobody could...
by shih | Apr 17, 2019 | keywords
WU Ming-Yi, The Man with the Compound Eyes an empty house that didn’t even have windowsfake farmhouses and fake B&Bsan amusement parkher house by the seaearthquakea remote islandSummer Housethe City Library of Stockholmsealed the doors and windowsFor the...
by shih | Apr 16, 2019 | keywords
WU Ming-Yi, The Man with the Compound Eyes islandSea Sage & Earth Sagefacing the sea vs. facing awaythe fate of a second sonRasula (Ursula Kroeber Le Guin’s Earthsea Cycle)the True Islesperm whaleimprisoned in a world [of being forgotten]The Vortex on the...
by shih | Apr 9, 2019 | keywords
YANG Mu, “The Flames of War” and “An Inkling of Poetry” When the sun rose from the sea, shining through the windowpanes onto the clean floor, the room was filled with a fresh and delicate fragrance.At the far end of the streets running west to east you could see the...
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