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The Ballad of Mulan
Author Jeannette Ng translates “The Ballad of Mulan” from memory and on the fly with notes and commentary!
“Last night I saw the summons, the Khan is counting all his soldiers.
The summons fill ten & two rolls, every roll with my father’s name.
My father has no elder sons, Mulan has no older brothers,
but willing am I to buy a horse at market & henceforth take my father’s place.”
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Carol Borden has written for Mezzanotte, Teleport City, Die Danger Die Die Kill, Popshifter and was a writer for and editor of the Toronto International Film Festival’s official Midnight Madness and Vanguard program blogs. She’s written a bunch of short stories published by Fox Spirit Books, including Godzilla detective fiction, femme fatale mermaids, an adventurous translator/poet, and an x-ray tech having a bad day. Read and listen to her other shenanigans at Monstrous Industry. For her particular take on gutter culture, check out, “In the Sewer with the Alligators.”
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