The Dog Years of Reeducation: Poems - Softcover

Zheng, Jianqing

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1956440399 ISBN 13: 9781956440393

Publisher: Madville Publishing LLC, 2023

Synopsis

In the Chinese Cultural Revolution, millions of middle school and high school graduates, called the zhiqing or Educated Youth, were sent up to the mountains and down to the countryside to receive reeducation from the poor peasants. With deep conviction that they would play an important role in the transformation of rural China, the zhiqing became field hands, never realizing that reeducation was both a physical and psychological challenge. This collection of poetry is the representation of those reeducation years in the fields. Half a century has passed, but memories remain fresh, each a page of suffering, cheering, or dreaming to turn.

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About the Author

Jianqing Zheng is the author of A Way of Looking and two poetry chapbooks, editor of Conversations with Dana Gioia, Sonia Sanchez's Poetic Spirit through Haiku, and five other books. He received the 2019 Gerald Cable Book Prize and two literary arts fellowships from the Mississippi Arts Commission, among other awards and honors. He is professor of English at Mississippi Valley State University, where he serves as editor of the Journal of Ethnic American Literature and Valley Voices and is the former editor of Poetry South. A reeducated youth in the Chinese Cultural Revolution, Zheng has lived in Mississippi since 1991.

Edition details

• Publisher: Madville Publishing LLC
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1956440399
• ISBN 13: 9781956440393
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 84