Sally Wen Mao Chinese-born American poet
On her poem “Yume-Miru Kikai” in “41.2 Feature: An Interview with Sally Wen Mao” https://bwr.ua.edu/an-interview-with-poet-sally-wen-mao-from-issue-41-2/ in Black Warrior Review (2015 Mar 2)
“I would be the least among men with dreams and the desire to fulfill them, rather than the greatest with no dreams and no desires.”
Sand and Foam (1926)
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