Zhang Lian in his native home in Yanchi, in Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, at sunset. KUANG LINHUA/CHINA DAILY 'Peasant poet' Zhang Lian, whose words paint vivid pictures of his remote, vast home, has captivated and inspired professors and plumbers alike, Zhao Xu reports. The aim of the trip was for Liu, a professor of linguistics and world literature …
In the book, Maimon’s takes on poverty, drug addiction and the decline of the coal industry don’t ignore the region’s history of exploitation, not to mention the indifference of its political leaders. By Scott Stroud In the preface to his new book, Alan Maimon writes that he’s “not here to take shots at JD Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy,” but then he …
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