For a Splendid Sunny Apocalypse by Jiang Tao The Wasteland land and seascapes the world

land and seascapes the world over

so is love: the absence of

and is supported by Arts Council England

from the roots of childhood in Ghana to the reflections of a man turned sixty who is witnessing his children occupying the space he once considered his own

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For a Splendid Sunny Apocalypse by Jiang Tao The Wasteland land and seascapes the worldIn these melancholy and self mocking poems populated with youths and elders, cellphones and televisions Jiang Tao presents and dissects a discontent with the state of the world. He employs his profound wit and poetic mastery to explore the passage of time, rural urban migration, change and impermanence, and the difficulties of human communication and connection. Jiang Taos verse is, as translator Josh Stenberg has written, a quintessential expression