Willis Barnstone's translation of Mao's poetry doesn't once mention the 45 million people Mao killed by famine. Interesting.
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@sarahdoingthing that was performance art, which is a different discipline (too soon?)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@cwage Quietly re-evaluating everything I've ever read (and liked) by Barnstone.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing@cwage Mao didn't kill many Jews. And famine is practically natural anyway.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@GrumplessGrinch@sarahdoingthing i dunno Barnstone. is it possible he is genuinely just ignorant of it? a shocking number of people are1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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@cwage @GrumplessGrinch I highly doubt it, given his level of scholarship, but we can hope
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