Jeremy's review
Behind My Eyes: Poems (with audio CD)
by Li-Young Lee
Jeremy's review
Behind My Eyes: Poems (with audio CD) by Li-Young Lee
Jeremy's review
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This is vintage Lee. It is even more philosophical (for a poet who always returns to the concrete, dare I say "abstract"?) than his earlier work. My favorite poem in here is "Become Becoming." I don't know how effective the audio CD is. I have heard Lee read live, and he reads well, but the CD readings don't grab me as much as I expected that they might. I still think the best introduction to Lee might be his first book, Rose. Rose is my favorite of Lee's books of poems, but it is also the most accessible. That is a book I return to. This one is still growing on me, mostly through some remarkable lines and images scattered throughout these philosophical meditations.
