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    <body><![CDATA[Because <em>Rose</em> is the first collection of poems by Li-Young Lee, it's only natural to assume that Lee's voice and stylistic preferences would undergo changes as he continued traveling the long road toward scholastic recognition; however, since <em>Rose</em> has gained considerable attention and become so frequ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18606947">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Reading the Songs of Solomon made the title poem that much more beautiful, intense, lively.  I started by dog-earing a handful of pages so I could re-read my favorite, but quikly undid that action due to all of the poems being so beautiful.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This collection of poetry pretty much sums up Lee's beliefs in poetry, especially in lines like this from &quot;The Room and Everything in It&quot;:<br/><br/>it had something to do<br/>with death... it had something <br/>to do with love.<br/><br/>In a guest lecture he gave more than seven year...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11719051">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I heard the author read from this work and I really connected with the sound and spirit of his writing. It's about identity, love, and paying homage to parents' past. A picturesque and loving look into tenderness of a relationship. Truly beautiful rhythms and words. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[While I cannot honestly say that I loved every poem in this collection, I loved many of them far too much to give lower than 4 stars.<br/><br/>From Goodnight:<br/><br/>&quot;We suffer each other to have each other awhile.&quot;<br/><br/>So many &quot;simple&quot; lines like this that ache with...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am also lucky enough to have tickets to see him read in a few weeks! GO PORTLAND! Mary Oliver on Feb 5th, Li-Young Lee on Feb 20th, and Eavan Boland on March 4. Lucille Clifton shortly after in March. If anyone would like to come to Portland and attend one of these events let me know; you have a p...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14379562">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I paid attention to Lee because of &quot;The Cleaving&quot;. I decided to buy this book because of &quot;This Room and Everything In It&quot;. <br/><br/><br/>After having read it, those poems are the tips of the iceberg. This collection is awesome, both for the individual poems it contains and fo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10184963">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Poems trying a little too hard to be cerebral, I think. I really liked the last poem in this collection, &quot;The Cleaving,&quot; and the poems about parents and children. I like my poetry with either more concrete images or linguistic play than is found here, though. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Li may love his city but I love Li. Sorry. Analysis. I met this guy when I was working on my Masters in Creative Writing up at CSUN. He's a great poet, but like most geniuses, he's not your typical person. He didn't say much at all. But I love the simplicity of his work. His imagery. The power comes...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25727585">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Probably my favorite book of poetry right now.  Very powerful and entertaining and mind blowing.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;This room and Everything in it.&quot;  The poem that alone inspired me to write.  AMAZING!!!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am not someone who reads poetry on a regular basis, but a friend of a friend has a degree in poetry so I asked her what I should check out.  This was one of the books and she was correct about it being beautiful and textured.<br/><br/>Having nothing else to compare it to, and not being a literar...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1328405">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[His poetry is elegant and philosophical. Much of his work depicts the relationship between self and other, migration, and family relationships. I have had an enormous crush on Li Young Lee ever since reading his work in college. I have to read everything he publishes.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A lovely book of poetry, recommended to me by mom, written by a male author who captures the essence of the dynamic between masculinity and femininity in a way that I've never seen before. Captivating.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[you may be noticing a pattern.  this book reflects a rawness that in his other books is smoothed somewhat.  lee-young li is, in my opinion, the most insightful poet i have read.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[overall, i enjoyed &quot;Rose&quot; a bit more, but this collection has, in my opinion, Lee's greatest work: <br/><br/>This Room and Everything in it<br/><br/>brilliant and beautiful]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[He's at his best when he's rhapsodizing--The Cleaving, The Waiting--he braids threads so cleanly that's it's easy to just go with it. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Li-Young Lee is able to string imagery together with the thinest of threads yet produce something coherent and strong.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Click here: [http://www.robertpeake.com/archives/302-Li-Young-Lees-Compelling-Tenderness.html]<br/>]]></body>
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