The City in Which I Love You (American Poets Continuum)

Contents

I.
Furious Versionis

II.
The Interrogation
This Hour And What Is Dead
Arise, Go Down
My Father, In Heaven, Is Reading Out Loud
For A New Citizen Of These United States
With Ruins

III.
This Room And Everything In It
The City In Which I Love You

IV.

The Waiting
A Story
Goodnight
You Must Sing
Here I Am
A Final Thing

V.
The Cleaving

Customer Reviews:

lee's second book is good

By adead_poet@hotmail.com "adead_poet@hotmail.com" - March 11, 2002

Lee's second collection of poems is different from his other collections. the poems are longer and centered around his personal history more than the other two. This collection isn't as strong as his first _Rose_ or latest _Book of My Nights_ but still is a strong collection.

emotionally exhausting

By doc peterson - February 28, 2009

I was first introduced to Li Young Lee through his collection _Rose_ . The sensuousness of his writing and the vivid language he uses immeadiately struck a chord with me. _The City in Which I Love You_ has the same tangible elements that move me. I was less moved with Lee's poetry about his father and his immigration.

The opening poem, "Furious Versions" was almost overwhelming as Lee retells his families history - fleeing one country for another, fearing for their lives, uncertain of their futures. Its intensity left me breathless and, frankly, uncomfortable. This narrative thread runs through the remainder of the poems collected here, which made for an emotionally exhausting read. Many of Lee's poems are about or relate to his relationship with his father - "A Story" (about a father telling a bedtime story to his son) and "A Final Thing" are the only respites from what otherwise are fairly heavy pieces.

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