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Countless gorgeous details provide, in poem after poem, distinct delights.--Dan Chiasson Erotic.... Throughout this multilayered book, [Lee] challenges readers to think and to feel more deeply.--Elizabeth Lund Few poets write like Li-Young Lee, facing the biggest and broadest questions head on.... Fewer still ask these questions so well, and so movingly.--Craig Morgan Teicher An important story about human nature.... [Li-Young] Lee's elegance transports us into the aspirations of yearning.--American Poetry Review Passionate, pure, and enchanted.... The poet of rapture and tenderness.--Major Jackson Delight[s] in revelations that are holy and intimate.... [Lee's] wisdom situates itself in a fresh way.--Derek J. G. Williams Li-Young Lee's first book in more than a decade was worth the wait: a heart-rending collection of poems that tackle love and violence with equal curiosity. Lyrical.... This volume asks us to consider the discrepancy of human perspectives.--Magdalena Kay Erotic, witty, and cosmic.... [Lee] presents breath-catching metaphysical equations in incantatory cadences that swing between earth and sky, flesh and holiness.

An important story about human nature.... [Li-Young] Lee's elegance transports us into the aspirations of yearning.--American Poetry Review Countless gorgeous details provide, in poem after poem, distinct delights.--Dan Chiasson Delight[s] in revelations that are holy and intimate.... [Lee's] wisdom situates itself in a fresh way.--Derek J. G. Williams Erotic.... Throughout this multilayered book, [Lee] challenges readers to think and to feel more deeply.--Elizabeth Lund Erotic, witty, and cosmic.... [Lee] presents breath-catching metaphysical equations in incantatory cadences that swing between earth and sky, flesh and holiness. Few poets write like Li-Young Lee, facing the biggest and broadest questions head on.... Fewer still ask these questions so well, and so movingly.--Craig Morgan Teicher Li-Young Lee's first book in more than a decade was worth the wait: a heart-rending collection of poems that tackle love and violence with equal curiosity. Lyrical.... This volume asks us to consider the discrepancy of human perspectives.--Magdalena Kay Passionate, pure, and enchanted.... The poet of rapture and tenderness.--Major Jackson

Erotic.... Throughout this multilayered book, [Lee] challenges readers to think and to feel more deeply.--Elizabeth Lund An important story about human nature.... [Li-Young] Lee's elegance transports us into the aspirations of yearning.--American Poetry Review Delight[s] in revelations that are holy and intimate.... [Lee's] wisdom situates itself in a fresh way.--Derek J. G. Williams Lyrical.... This volume asks us to consider the discrepancy of human perspectives.--Magdalena Kay Countless gorgeous details provide, in poem after poem, distinct delights.--Dan Chiasson Few poets write like Li-Young Lee, facing the biggest and broadest questions head on.... Fewer still ask these questions so well, and so movingly.--Craig Morgan Teicher Passionate, pure, and enchanted.... The poet of rapture and tenderness.--Major Jackson Li-Young Lee's first book in more than a decade was worth the wait: a heart-rending collection of poems that tackle love and violence with equal curiosity. Erotic, witty, and cosmic.... [Lee] presents breath-catching metaphysical equations in incantatory cadences that swing between earth and sky, flesh and holiness.

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Li-Young Lee's verse has earned numerous honors, including a Lannan Literary Award, a Paterson Poetry Prize, and an American Book Award. Lee lives in Chicago.

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