Sarah Moore SitesDejuan Fang (pen name Liu Mei) is a poet, essayist, and bilingual translator originally from Hunan, China. Her writing draws on the memories and landscapes of her early life by the Lishui River, blending lyrical clarity with finely observed detail. Hr poetry is known for its subtle imagery and emotional depth, while her nonfiction explores family stories, women's experiences, and the quiet resonance of memory. Working across both Chinese and English, she has published collections of poetry and essays, and her translation practice reflects literary sensitivity and cultural insight. In An Epic of the East, she renders late-nineteenth-century English prose into elegant modern Chinese, preserving the emotional truth of the original while giving it renewed clarity for contemporary readers. Read More Read Less