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their titillation is indistinguishable from empathy

buiken en eenzaamheid brengt twee van haar bundels samen

Like an anthropologist doing fieldwork

With circular narrative design

The Magpie at Night arjen duinker their titillation is indistinguishable fromLi Qingzhao (trans. Wendy Chen) Li Qingzhao is justly celebrated for her place in Chinese literary history. She was a poet with a wry, unsentimental style and a rich sense of melody. Her ci lyrics that were originally set to music are glorious in their depth and genius, spare and arresting on the line. They evoke with rare immediacy the haunting beauty of country life during the Song dynasty; the unseen, restive labour of the poet; and Li Qingzhaos