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Literature is perhaps the art form most able to resist the kind of oversimplification required by polarized political debate. While it can be tied with social, political, and economic ideas, it also stands as what literary critic Cai Xiang says is an “independent system” that builds “a structure of feeling.

I’m not that into theater. I think its prevalence is just a way of opposing the advance of technology. However, I’ve always thought that covering and uncovering the stage with a curtain is an unbeatable innovation. It’s the trembling of the cloth from the light touch of

Trueno y viento: duración                         I Ching I Negro el cielo               Amarilla la tierra El gallo desgarra la noche El agua se levanta y pregunta la hora El viento se levanta y pregunta por ti Pasa un caballo blanco II Como el bosque en su lecho de hojas tú duermes en