Eels are slimy creatures. But never lie. If they sense the slightest pretence, they'll bite off your finger. Carefully study the hands of politicians.
Jeffrey YangEels are slimy creatures. But never lie. If they sense the slightest pretence, they’ll bite off your finger. Carefully study the hands of politicians.
Jeffrey YangJeffrey Yang is the author of the poetry books An Aquarium and the forthcoming Vanishing-Line. He is the translator of Su Shi's East Slope and a collection of classical Chinese poems called Rhythm 226. Yang is also the co-editor (with Natasha Wimmer) of Two Lines: Some Kind of Beautiful Signal, and the editor of Birds, Beasts, and Seas: Nature Poems from New Directions. He is currently working on a translation of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo's June Fourth Elegies. Photograph by Nina Subin.