Go, go, go! In the name of progress, we can’t afford to slow down or feel contented; we are here to make progress. Having been programmed to strive since birth we can’t stop now, not even when our survival is at stake, so we keep drilling and fracking even as ice melts from mountain peaks […]
Yoo-Chong Wong
Wong Yoo-Chong, born in Canton, raised in Hong Kong, is working on a book synthesizing the philological, phonological, and philosophical readings of the Laozi, which has become even more valuable in today‘s Anthropocene era. For two and a half millennia, its terse, poetic, and imagistic language has invited scholars to produce a rich variety of interpretations. It has become a continual conversation engaged by readers around the globe. Wong has joined this discussion with excerpts from his book appearing in the Orion, Omniverse, Laurel Review, Hotel Amerika, Denver Quarterly, Sonora Review, Interim, Zen Monster, and the environmental radio program Living on Earth.