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by Tony Zurlo (Author), Lu Vivian (Illustrator)
Tony Zurlo's poetry pirouettes, surprises us with twists and turns of language as unpredictable as "jellied primroses" and "garments" that "loiter." Vivian Lu's art arrests, braking our hearts. Together these two recreate not only the idea of China, but its emotional rhythms, its coming and going, its thinking and singing. Read these poems with pen in hand, for words will leap up dressed in their finest, eager for notice. Pictures will costume concepts that strut and fret across the page. This is a "seeing place" book appealing to eyes that inhabit the mind as well as eyes that perch on the face.
Violet O'Valle, poet and Founding Director of Pantagleize Theatre Co., Fort Worth/Arlington, Texas
Jim LaVilla-Havelin, San Antonio Express-News