In medias res
a primer of experience in approximate alphabetical order
by Karen An-hwei Lee
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"Karen An-hwei Lee's book is in the form of an eccentric dictionary. In Medias Res brings to mind the long poems of Anne Carson, though Lee is less concerned with ironies than with mysteries. In compressed and oddly slanted "definitions," ranging from one line, "A paper bird unopened until marriage" ("Comparison"), to longer, parablelike narratives, Lee's poems move through the alphabet in an attempt to limn the border between language and spirit. Often playful and slyly humorous, In Media Res is an investigation into how God hides in language."--BOOK JACKET.
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In medias res: a primer of experience in approximate alphabetical order
2004, Sarabande Books
in English
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1932511067 9781932511062
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-64).
"Winner of the 2003 Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry."
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