Conference Proceedings

Yu Xiuhua 余秀华 became an overnight celebrity poet when her sensationally titled poem “Crossing Over Half of China to Sleep with You” (“Chuan guo daban ge zhongguo qu shui ni” 穿过大半个中国去睡你) went viral online in 2014. Because of Yu’s disability (cerebral palsy), gender, and background as a farmer in central Hubei, her poetry was initially […]