The Magpie at Night arjen duinker a point of access

a point of access

In Mondruimtes & matroesjka’s biedt Ton Naaijkens een eigen

With circular narrative design

het water en een innerlijk vuur dat de vervreemding draaglijk maakt

Like an anthropologist doing fieldwork

The Magpie at Night arjen duinker a point of accessLi Qingzhao (trans. Wendy Chen) Li Qingzhao is justly celebrated for her place in Chinese literary history. She was a poet with a wry, unsentimental style and a rich sense of melody. Her ci lyrics that were originally set to music are glorious in their depth and genius, spare and arresting on the line. They evoke with rare immediacy the haunting beauty of country life during the Song dynasty; the unseen, restive labour of the poet; and Li Qingzhaos