
Winged Seed
"It has true spiritual importance for contemporary American literature."—Edward Hirsch
Upon its initial publication, acclaimed poet Li-Young Lee''s memoir The Winged Seed: A Remembrance (1995), received an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation. In lyrical prose, Lee''s extraordinary story begins in the 1950s when his parents fled China''s political turmoil for Indonesia. Along wit...
"It has true spiritual importance for contemporary American literature."—Edward Hirsch
Upon its initial publication, acclaimed poet Li-Young Lee''s memoir The Winged Seed: A Remembrance (1995), received an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation. In lyrical prose, Lee''s extraordinary story begins in the 1950s when his parents fled China''s political turmoil for Indonesia. Along wit...