Li-Young Lee
Author
Series
American poets continuum volume 20
Publisher
BOA Editions
Pub. Date
1990
Language
English
Appears on list
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The Undressing is a tonic for spiritual anemia; it attempts to uncover things hidden since the dawn of the world. Short of achieving that end, these mysterious, unassuming poems investigate the human violence and dispossession increasingly prevalent around the world, as well as the horrors the poet grew up with as a child of refugees. Lee draws from disparate sources, including the Old Testament, the Dao De Jing, and the music of the Wu-Tang Clan....
5) Rose: poems
Author
Series
New poets of America volume 9
Publisher
BOA Editions
Pub. Date
1986
Language
English
Author
Series
American poets continuum volume 68
Publisher
BOA Editions
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Publisher
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
"This program features poets Li-Young Lee and Gerald Stern in a poetry reading and in extensive interviews. A main subject of Stern's poetry is memory. His Jewish heritage provides him with the inspiration and direction to resurrect and reconstruct past experiences. Li-Young Lee's poetry reflects his struggle with his Chinese heritage: how to recognize a culture to which he has been inextricably bound by ancestry, but in which he has never lived."...