Little Green: Growing Up During the Chinese Cultural Revolution by Chun Yu [in AsianWeek]
31 Mar, by in Chinese, Memoir, Middle Grade Readers, Poetry, Repost, Verse Novel/Nonfiction
“And this is how I remember it,” Chun Yu opens her memoir, written in narrative poetry. While her language is spare, her simple words paint evocative pictures of growing up. Stories of her separated...
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