Publisher's Synopsis
New York Septet is yet another poetry collection by poet Lei Rao, with Dajian Wang as the poem translator and Lei Rao as the Article translator. In a unique artistic style, it reveals Lei Rao's view and passion for life, time, and love and explores her family, ordinary people, the city, and much more. It contains 70 poems divided into ten chapters, plus one of her articles and an interview (Excerpt). It is indeed a breakthrough in style and content.
William Marr, a well-known poet, has back signed the book "Reading Lei Rao's poems often gives me feelings of geniality and warmth. I think one of the reasons for this is that we both have scientific backgrounds, and writing poetry is a mutual, leisure pursuit. This scientific training makes her poetry more concise and objective, so as not to be too sentimental. I believe this may be the reason why she can tell some exciting truths with simple, natural, and elegant language." Essayist Yuehua Gu commented, "Lei Rao's poems show her own unique style and philosophy. Some of them seem to be just pure philosophy thinking, but they immediately ignite the sparks of romance; others are very emotional and intuitive, while also possess an in-depth agility. I like the amazing splendor, broadness, delicacy, and authenticity in her poems." Poet Yingcai Xu said, "Lei Rao is adept at capturing the inspirations from life. She uses the music notes of simple, realistic, and figurative languages to compose her inspirations into very touching poetic songs. Yes, indeed, just like what the book title suggests, her new bilingual edition of New York Septet is like a symphony of life. It reverberates with poetic passions, rising and falling stories, and sweeping momentums, which bring readers from the hustling and bustling City of New York to the summit of the magnificent Grand Canyon and the waterfalls of Great Niagara."
