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About Zhou Xiaojing

A professor of English, Zhou Xiaojing teaches at University of the Pacific. Her translations of poems by Zheng Xiaoqiong have appeared in journals such as Chinese Literature Today; Verge: Studies in Global Asias; Pratik: British Poetry Edition; and International Poetry Exchanges. Her translations of Zheng’s poems are also included in anthologies such as Ecocriticism of the Global South and The Animated Reader: Poetry of Surround Audience.

Six poems by Zheng Xiaoqiong/郑小琼, translated from Chinese by Zhou Xiaojing

Zhou Xiaojing and Zheng Xiaoqiong

Semiahmoo window (detail) / photo by Denise Enck

周阳春 / Zhou Yangchun In the world of her dreams     she stands at the ferry without boats     or before she can finish the exam time is … [Read more...]

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Established in 2000 and edited by Denise Enck, Empty Mirror is an online literary magazine that publishes new work each Friday.

Each week EM features several poems each by one or two poets; reviews; critical essays; visual art; and personal essays.

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