by Fiona Sze-Lorrain
Marick Press Press, 2010.
Fiona Sze-Lorrain was born in Singapore, and grew up in a hybrid of cultures. After receiving a British education, she moved to the States, and graduated from Columbia University and New York University before pursuing a Ph.D. at Paris IV-Sorbonne. A zheng concertist, she has performed worldwide. One of the editors at Cerise Press, she writes and translates in English, French and Chinese. She lives in both New York City and Paris, France. (Publisher’s information)
Water the Moon demonstrates Fiona Sze-Lorrain’s depth as a poet of international background. Her poem, “Moon,” is particularly noteworthy . In its five stanzas she reveals the anxieties of moving to a new country (multiple times), and captures just how much something so dead as the moon can haunt you from your past into your future.
