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Fainting with Freedom displays Ouyang Yu's characteristic wrestlings with absurdity, the quotidian and the pain of history, while maintaining a distinctly different take on what constitutes 'the self'. The poems shimmer with language-play - through slippages between English and Chinese, a more illuminating existential truth arises. – John Kinsella
'Why,' asks Ouyang Yu in this stunning new collection, is fame 'never associated with failure?' From the great consensus challenger of our age, Fainting with Freedom skewers all the truisms we have been forced by culture to hold too dear, its language abundant with the honesty, percipience and pith we know to expect from this major writer. – Nicholas Birns, Editor, Antipodes
'Ouyang Yu has mellowed but is by no means tamed. Anger has given way to sadness, occasional bitterness, but also acceptance; his linguistic fireworks explode on the page. This collection cements Ouyang's position as one of Australia's most innovative poets. Wenche Ommundsen.' (Publication summary)
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Not the Mirror Image but the Reverse Side of the Mirror
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: TEXT : Journal of Writing and Writing Courses , April vol. 20 no. 1 2016;
— Review of Fainting with Freedom 2015 selected work poetry -
Australian Poetry
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27-28 February 2016; (p. 19)
— Review of Fainting with Freedom 2015 selected work poetry ; Breaking the Days 2015 selected work poetry ; Improvised Dirges 2015 selected work poetry ; Weaving Nests with Smoke and Stone 2015 selected work poetry -
February in Poetry
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , February 2016;
— Review of Fainting with Freedom 2015 selected work poetry ; Cocky's Joy 2015 selected work poetry -
Http, Ouyang and Yu
2016
single work
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— Appears in: Jacket2 2016;
— Review of Fainting with Freedom 2015 selected work poetry -
Linguistic and Cultural Cross-Fertilization. Tina Giannoukos Reviews ‘Fainting with Freedom’ by Ouyang Yu
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , July-September no. 19 2016;
— Review of Fainting with Freedom 2015 selected work poetry
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Michael Aiken Reviews Ouyang Yu
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 October no. 52.0 2015;
— Review of Fainting with Freedom 2015 selected work poetry -
February in Poetry
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , February 2016;
— Review of Fainting with Freedom 2015 selected work poetry ; Cocky's Joy 2015 selected work poetry -
Australian Poetry
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 27-28 February 2016; (p. 19)
— Review of Fainting with Freedom 2015 selected work poetry ; Breaking the Days 2015 selected work poetry ; Improvised Dirges 2015 selected work poetry ; Weaving Nests with Smoke and Stone 2015 selected work poetry -
Not the Mirror Image but the Reverse Side of the Mirror
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: TEXT : Journal of Writing and Writing Courses , April vol. 20 no. 1 2016;
— Review of Fainting with Freedom 2015 selected work poetry -
Linguistic and Cultural Cross-Fertilization. Tina Giannoukos Reviews ‘Fainting with Freedom’ by Ouyang Yu
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , July-September no. 19 2016;
— Review of Fainting with Freedom 2015 selected work poetry