Bad Diaspora Poems by Momtaza Mehri #Chinesepoetry there would be imperfect perpetuation

there would be imperfect perpetuation and transmission of culture

have never found the courage to read before

its responses to the work of artists

Shortlisted for the Roehampton Poetry Prize

but he’s as much a modernist and symbolist in the vein of Mallarmé or Rimbaud […] Yang Lian’s work is rooted not in geography but in his own imagination […] to exist in Yang’s lines can be a gorgeous but frustrating adventure

Bad Diaspora Poems by Momtaza Mehri #Chinesepoetry there would be imperfect perpetuationThe much awaited debut collection from a remarkable poetic voice. Diaspora is witnessing a murder without getting blood on your shirt. A once in a generation poet' Caleb Femi, author of Poor 'An incredible poet, thinker, seer' Rachel Long, author of My Darling from the Lions 'Groundbreaking' Pascale Petit, author of Mama Amazonica The definition of diaspora is the dispersion of people from their original homeland. But what does it mean to write