‘Refuge’
Quan Barry’s poetry reckons with our simultaneous capacities for violence and transcendence—and what it means to find refuge in a world seemingly defined by war.
Quan Barry
Quan Barry is a writer and professor of English at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Barry is the author of eight books of fiction and poetry, including When I’m Gone, Look for Me in the East.
Writer Quan Barry Discusses Her New Novel, When I’m Gone, Look for Me in the East
The book traces the journey of two telepathic twins searching Mongolia for the reincarnation of a Buddhist master.
Podcasts
Novelist Quan Barry on Desire, Doubt, and Faith in a Changing World
In this episode of Life As It Is, co-hosts James Shaheen and Sharon Salzberg sit down with Quan Barry to discuss her latest novel, When I’m Gone, Look for Me in the East.
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