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The Undressing

Poems

Li-Young Lee

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English
WW Norton & Co
03 April 2020
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.

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Imprint:   WW Norton & Co
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 211mm,  Width: 140mm,  Spine: 8mm
Weight:   84g
ISBN:   9780393357875
ISBN 10:   0393357872
Pages:   96
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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.

Reviews for The Undressing: Poems

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


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