Iron Goddess Of Mercy
Iron Goddess Of Mercy Iron Goddess of Mercyby Lambda Literary Award winner Larissa Lai (for the novel The Tiger Flu) is a long poem that captures the vengeful yet hopeful movement of the Furies…
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Iron Goddess Of Mercy
Iron Goddess of Mercyby Lambda Literary Award winner Larissa Lai (for the novel The Tiger Flu) is a long poem that captures the vengeful yet hopeful movement of the Furies mid-whirl and dance with them through the horror of the long now. The self crystallizes in moments of solidity, only to dissolve and whirl away again. Inspired by the tumultuous history of Hong Kong, from the Japanese and British occupations to the ongoing pro-democracy protests, the poem interrogates the complicated notion of identity, offering a prism through which the term "Asian" can be understood to make sense of a complex set of relations.
Iron Goddess of Mercy is a game of mah jong played deep into the night, an endless gamble. The poet is a windsock, catching all the affect that blows at her and ballooning to fullness, only to empty again when the wind changes direction.