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Ink & Blood: Poetry and Power in the Lives of Emperor Li Yu and Chairman Mao

By Chun Yu, Sung yoon Choi (Illustrator)
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By Chun Yu, Sung yoon Choi (Illustrator)
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A ruler who became an immortal poet. A poet who rose to rule a nation.

This nonfiction graphic novel epic traces the parallel lives of two Chinese leaders—Southern Tang emperor Li Yu and Chairman Mao Zedong—and explores how poetry can shape the fate of nations.

How did one man’s devotion to verse hasten the fall of a dynasty? How did another’s poetry help propel him to power? And what do their stories, separated by a thousand years yet profoundly intertwined, reveal about the relationship be...

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