
"Lee's strange and gemological arrangements are the measure of her gift. . . ."--from the Foreword by Heather McHugh Ambitious and original, Karen An-hwei Lee's first book-length poem is in the form of an eccentric dictionary. In Medias Res brings to mind...

"Lee's strange and gemological arrangements are the measure of her gift. . . ."--from the Foreword by Heather McHugh In the form of an eccentric dictionary, this debut brings to mind the long poems of Anne Carson. In compressed and oddly slanted "definitions," Lee's poems move...