The Past Luuk Gruwez Nisrine Mbarki’s leven speelt zich

Nisrine Mbarki’s leven speelt zich af in verschillende talen en op verschillende continenten

Een zingende kraai

Die kan hard zijn en vol onheil

Wie deze magnifieke bundel leest

Here as in the Wild Iris there is a chorus

The Past Luuk Gruwez Nisrine Mbarki’s leven speelt zichWendy Xu Born in Shandong, China, in 1987, Wendy Xu immigrated to the United States in 1989, three days ahead of the events of Thiananmen Square. The Past probes the multi generational binds of family, displacement, and immigration as an ongoing psychic experience without end. Moving spontaneously between lyric, fragment, prose, and subversions in "traditional" Chinese forms, the book culminates in a centerpiece series of "Tiananmen Sonnets" to