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Furious Harvests, a collection of striking poetry by Alex Averbuch, explores existential questions that war raises: from the Russian aggression against Ukraine currently taking place in... Læs mere
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Health and the Art of Living offers reflections on health and illness in early medieval Chinese literature (ca. 200–ca. 600) through a range of literary sources—essays, prefaces, correspondence, religious scriptures, and poetry; including works by Liu Xie and Xie Lingyun.