I turned to poetry, as I always do in times of sorrow (note: I also turn to poetry in times of joy). I started writing the poems that would turn into my book, "I Carry My Mother," almost ...

The poems express a range of thoughts and feelings -- longing, sorrow, and personal avowals -- about dealing with the hardships of migrating so far from home and the difficult conditions that ...

Most of the poems are written in the styles of classical Chinese poetry ... Thus sparing me the additional sorrow here. Reprinted with permission from University of Washington Press. 1 Better known as ...