About the author

Yu Cong: publicly available information is limited. His writing and editorial work center mainly on poetry and the arts and humanities. Seven of his works are held in the collection, spanning classical poetry, modern poetry, classic works, biography, art, and social fiction. In poetry, titles such as The Poems of Dong Dangzi, Flowers Used as Metaphors, and Joyful News, along with his compilation Letters as if Meeting Face to Face—Manuscripts of Contemporary Poets, show a sustained attention to contemporary poetic texts and poets' manuscripts. In the humanities and arts, Tan He Rong Yi: He Jianning's Paintings and the People Around Him takes a painter as its subject, while Forever Ruan Zhangjing belongs to biographical writing. He has also been involved in fiction selections such as Twelve Novelists of Zhongshan. Overall, his work combines creation, compilation, and art commentary, crossing poetry, biography, and regional fiction, and reflects a dual interest in words and the visual arts.

Written (7)

Talking About the Fusion of Art: He Jianning's Paintings and the Man cover
Rating 3.5
Talking About the Fusion of Art: He Jianning's Paintings and the Man 余丛 Jinan University Press · 2020 This book is an anthology of essays on the paintings and the life of the renowned painter He Jianning. All the pieces were previously published in var…
Seeing Your Words Is Like Seeing You: Manuscripts of Contemporary Poets cover
Rating 3.7
Seeing Your Words Is Like Seeing You: Manuscripts of Contemporary Poets 余丛 Jinan University Press · 2019 A companion volume to *Letters Unveiled: Manuscripts of Post-70s Poets*, this book offers a more comprehensive presentation of manuscripts by nearly o…
Glad Tidings cover
Rating 3.6
Glad Tidings 余丛 Jinan University Press · 2019 Literature is the cause of the unsuccessful, yet things have their own perfection, and small paths are worth observing. Centered on the New Normal Wri…
Forever Ruan Zhangjing cover
Rating 3.6
Forever Ruan Zhangjing 阮援朝 / 李容焕 / 余丛 Jinan University Press · 2016 This book is a memorial anthology for the renowned poet Ruan Zhangjing, divided into four sections: "Returning to My True Colors," "Evening Bugle Reso…
Twelve Zhongshan Novelists cover
Rating 3.4
Twelve Zhongshan Novelists 李容焕 / 余丛 Jinan University Press · 2016 This is a regional fiction anthology: all contributors live and work in Zhongshan and represent three generations of local writers, from the older coh…
The Metaphorized Flower cover
Rating 3.1
The Metaphorized Flower 余丛 Jinan University Press · 2016 Blossoms in Metaphor is a poetry collection by the poet Yu Cong, featuring selections from more than twenty years of his poetic work since 1989. The c…
The Poems of Dong Dangzi cover
Rating 3.9
The Poems of Dong Dangzi 余丛 Jinan University Press · 2015 Dong Dangzi is both a poet and a thinker. This volume is a selection of his poems. In them, the author ceases to entangle himself in thought, often fi…

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Jinan University Press