The undressing : poems / Li-Young Lee
By: Lee, Li-Young [author].
Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, ©2018Edition: First edition.Description: 95 pages ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780393065435.Uniform titles: Poems. Selections Subject(s): Poetry | American poetry -- Chinese American authors | American poetry -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Poetry. | Poetry. | Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | PS3562.E35438 A6 2018 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000013588 |
One (The undressing) -- Two (Spoken for ; I loved you before I was born ; Adore ; Ceremony of the intended ; Stolen good) -- Three (Our secret share ; Folding a five-cornered star so the corners meet ; God is burning ; Three words ; Love succeeding ; My swer accompanist ; Reading, counting, playing alone ; His loikeness ; Hidden hearing ; At the year's revolving door ; Leaving ; Eavesdropping at morning's sill ; The word from his song ; All about the birds) -- Four (Changing places in the fire ; Sandalwood)
"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. While the ostensive subjects of these layered, impassioned poems are wide-ranging, their driving engine is a burning need to understand our collective human mission."--Jacket