Yu Xiuhua — Crossing Half of China to Sleep with You
· 15 min · S5 E16
Episode Yu Xiuhua — Crossing Half of China to Sleep with You
How far would you go for great love? And what distances would you cross?
Yu Xiuhua is a poet from Hengdian, in Hubei, China. She became well known in 2014 with her online poem “Crossing Half of China to Sleep with You.” In 2015, her debut book sold fifteen thousand copies in one day. The New York Times named her one of the eleven most courageous women around the world in 2017.
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