Benedict, Elinor, authorUtah State University Press, publisher2007-01-032007-01-032000http://hdl.handle.net/10217/87737The poet's voice is clear, direct, yet artful. The sensibility that pervades these poems is that of a mature woman with an inquiring mind and a strong sense of family attachments. Almost every poem delivers a sidelong irony, a study in contrasts that is always overridden by the sense of common humanity shared by two disparate cultures.Foreword / Maxine Kumin -- Begin the Ceremony: Letter to Myself on My Birthday -- A Bridge to China -- To the Chinese People, Who See the Same Stars -- Strangers and Kin: Paper Flowers -- Nearly -- Meeting Our Chinese Cousins -- Two Women Leaving Beijing -- Immolation of a Stranger -- Hawthorns -- City of Dust and Water -- The Guest Chair at Nankai University -- Chinavision -- Storyteller -- In the Company of Magpies: Chinese Art & Culture Tour -- Sylvia Plath in China -- Ghost City -- The Truth About History -- How to Change a Country -- Yin and Yang -- Mr. Yuan's Two Joys -- Chinese Puzzle -- Full Moon Harvest Festival at the Spa City -- Peace Road Kindergarten -- Tiger Hill -- Vision at Tai-Shan Mountain -- Searching for Grace: Where It Hurts -- Deep Enough to Go Home -- Scarred Baggage -- Found Snapshot: The Year His Sister Left -- Remembering the Three Gorges -- The Rope -- Missing in China -- For Those Who Dream of Cranes.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.American poetry -- China -- 20th centuryChina -- PoetryTextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Community College of Denver, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University Denver, Regis University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University and Western Colorado University communities only.