Hardy Stewart
Chinese Program
Hardy studies premodern Chinese writings, with a focus on poetry. Gravitating towards works that interface with concepts such as time, death, ruin, and parting, Hardy seeks to better understand what poetry can teach us about memory, mortality, separation, and absence. Aside from his readings, Hardy enjoys participating in the poetic tradition through the composition of verse, however meager his couplets might be beside the masterful verses of his daily inquiry.