The tenderness of Lan LanAEs poetry is steely and perfectly judged. She shows us a world of subtle adjustments and intelligent beautyualthough the stakes she deals in could not be higher. As its title suggests, Canyon in the Body uncovers both existential and domestic meanings, writ both large and small in the human environment. Fiona Sze-LorrainAEs limpid, unforced translations do the poet, and her Anglophone readers, a great service.