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Lee has read for the [[O.B. Hardison Poetry Series]] on two occasions: March 11, 1991, and on December 9, 2002 for the [[Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute]].  
Lee has read for the [[O.B. Hardison Poetry Series]] on two occasions: March 11, 1991, and on December 9, 2002 for the [[Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute]].  
[[File:Li-Young Lee Dickinson Birthday (2002).jpg|250px|right|thumb|Li-Young Lee.]]


“What characterizes Li-Young Lee’s poetry,” writes poet Gerald Stern, “is a certain humility, a kind of cunning, a love of plain speech…a willingness to let the sublime enter his field of concentration and take over.” He has won numerous awards including the Lannan Literary Award, the Whiting Award, The PEN Josephine Miles Award, the Guggenheim, and the I.B. Lavan Award.
“What characterizes Li-Young Lee’s poetry,” writes poet Gerald Stern, “is a certain humility, a kind of cunning, a love of plain speech…a willingness to let the sublime enter his field of concentration and take over.” He has won numerous awards including the Lannan Literary Award, the Whiting Award, The PEN Josephine Miles Award, the Guggenheim, and the I.B. Lavan Award.


[http://www.folger.edu/documents/sun_kept_setting.mp3 Click here] to listen to Li-Young Lee read “The sun kept setting, setting still” by Emily Dickinson and [http://www.folger.edu/documents/from_blossoms.mp3 here] to listen to him read his poem “From Blossoms” at the Folger on December 9, 2002.
Listen to Li-Young Lee read "The sun kept setting, setting still" by Emily Dickinson.
 
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Listen to him read his poem "From Blossoms" at the Folger on December 9, 2002.  
 
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Visit his [http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/li-young-lee Poetry Foundation] page for more information.
Visit his [http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/li-young-lee Poetry Foundation] page for more information.
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Latest revision as of 08:38, 22 October 2014

Lee has read for the O.B. Hardison Poetry Series on two occasions: March 11, 1991, and on December 9, 2002 for the Emily Dickinson Birthday Tribute.

Li-Young Lee.

“What characterizes Li-Young Lee’s poetry,” writes poet Gerald Stern, “is a certain humility, a kind of cunning, a love of plain speech…a willingness to let the sublime enter his field of concentration and take over.” He has won numerous awards including the Lannan Literary Award, the Whiting Award, The PEN Josephine Miles Award, the Guggenheim, and the I.B. Lavan Award.

Listen to Li-Young Lee read "The sun kept setting, setting still" by Emily Dickinson.

Listen to him read his poem "From Blossoms" at the Folger on December 9, 2002.

Visit his Poetry Foundation page for more information.