Cheating

by Yin Lichuan, Cecily Chen (Translator)

Cheating collects the early writings of contemporary Chinese poet Yin Lichuan, including three erotic poems and her novella "Cheating". A founding member of the Lower Body Poets, Lichuan's writing focuses on harrowing psychological intrigue and the devastation of desire, her verse as uninhibited as her prose. This is the first time these works have ever been translated into English.

44 pages, Glossy chapbook

First published September 1, 2000

Reviews

[Brooks Sterritt · Rating 5 out of 5]

"The past few years were like clumps of moss all knotted and tangled up together, stinking up the water from the filthy, shallow ends of the ocean."

[Michaela Seah · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish I got to see the original Chinese..! My first time reading from this poet. Usually, this sort of detached and head-in-the-clouds sort of viewpoint annoys me a little but the writing was just so easy to dive into and I really felt the emotions, to the point where I didn’t even roll my eyes once. I think the translator did a good job.