From 1977's Looking Up at the Gingko Tree (his first book of poems) until 1987's My Cares, Xiang Yang published seven collections of poetry. But after he turned 32, he quickly shifted gears to work in media and then academia. With his jumps between literature, journalism and scholarship, he experienced a certain amount of anxiety.
從 1977 年第一本詩集《銀杏的仰望》到 1987 年的《心事》，向陽密集出版了 7 本詩集；然而 32 歲之後，他在媒體工作與學術研究的人生埡口上迎風疾行，從文學人、新聞人到學者，這些身分的轉換，其實伴隨著心境的慌亂。