Yin Mountain is a translation of poetry from three Daiost women in 8th and 9th century China. There’s a fair bit of background provided on the misogynistic cultural context in which the poems were written as well as bios of the three women. There aren’t a lot of poems, and they’re all short, but several of them are masterpieces. Here’s what Publisher’s Weekly says:

https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781645471127

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About Mike Wilson

Mike Wilson’s work has appeared in magazines including Cagibi Literary Journal, Stoneboat, The Aurorean, The Ocotillo Review, London Reader, and in anthologies including for a better world 2020 and Anthology of Appalachian Writers Vol. X. He received Kentucky State Poetry Society’s Chaffin/Kash Prize in 2019. He resides in Lexington, Kentucky, but summers in Ecstasy and winters in Despair.

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