Monday, August 21, 2017

The Passionate Poet's Path From Farm Life To Chinese Celebrity

Yu Xiuhua lived an isolated life for many years. "Most days she would limp down a dirt lane to a pond to feed the fish. She cut grass, grasping a sickle with hands that did not always obey her, to feed her rabbits. In the shade near the house she wrote at a low table, struggling to control her shaking body — a symptom of the cerebral palsy that she has lived with since she was born in this village in the central province of Hubei. Then, in 2014, her life changed."



Article source here:Arts Journal

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