Li-Young Lee

"Playful, erotic, and wise, the poems in Li-Young Lee's fourth collection reflect on triumphs and tragedies, and our yearning to better understand the human condition. Straightforward language and simple narratives become gateways to piercing formulations of beauty, wisdom, and divine love." --back cover

"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....

"Acclaimed poet Li-Young Lee offers a revelatory volume of ecstatic poems that search out divine voices in the silences of life, love, and death"--Jacket flap.