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Yu Xiuhua — Crossing Half of China to Sleep with You
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Yu Xiuhua — Crossing Half of China to Sleep with You

How far would you go for great love? And what distances would you cross?

Poetry Unbound

June 3, 202214m 33s

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Show Notes

How far would you go for great love? And what distances would you cross? 

Yu Xiuhua is a poet from Hengdian, in Hubei, China. She became well known in 2014 with her online poem “Crossing Half of China to Sleep with You.” In 2015, her debut book sold fifteen thousand copies in one day. The New York Times named her one of the eleven most courageous women around the world in 2017.

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