Return to Roots

      

By Yuan Changming

(“So, only I have the privilege to feast my eyes on your foxiest looks?” “Yep, as long as you’re happy…” “I feel really sorry for Ping. He has no concept of a white fox, nor is he aware of you being one out of a million women in terms of sexual attraction.” “You mean he doesn’t know how lucky he’s to have married me?” “Isn’t he? That’s why I often feel envious of him.” After a second intercourse within eight hours, we both felt completely spent, sweating and panting as we lay down side by side.) Yuan Changming grew up in an isolated village, started to learn the English alphabet in Shanghai at age nineteen and published monographs on translation before leaving China. With a Canadian PhD in English, Yuan currently lives in Vancouver, where he co-edits Poetry Pacific with Allen Yuan. Writing credits include 16 chapbooks, 12 Pushcart nominations for poetry and 3 for fiction besides appearances in Best of the Best Canadian Poetry (2008-17), BestNewPoemsOnline and 2197 other publications across 52 countries. A poetry judge for Canada's 44th National Magazine Awards, Yuan began writing and publishing fiction in 2022. His debut novel Detaching, 'silver romance' The Tuner and short story collection Flashbacks are all available at Amazon. Return to Roots is his third book with Alien Buddha Press, following 2024's Detaching, and THE TUNER: 16 most moreish days in a lifetime in 2025. Return to Roots https://www.amazon.ca/Return-Roots-sketches-southern-Hubei/dp/B0GHNCQRPK (a cnf collection) by Yuan Changming, PhD Towards https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/towards-yuan-changming/1149561626  (a novel trilogy) by Yuan Changming, Phd