Something to get excited about: Behind My Eyes by Li-Young Lee
Holy crap, Li-Young Lee’s finally got another book of poems being released in just ten days! Behind My Eyes available on 1/21/08. And guess what, it comes with an audio CD as well! He’s the author of one of my favorite books of poetry Rose, as well as City in Which I Love You, and Book of My Nights. Be excited, very excited. Li-Young Lee’s work is easy to understand, but rewarding
on second and third reads, his images are wonderful, and there’s a great rhythm to his poems. You can pre-order right now, or storm the nearest bookstore with a halfway decent poetry section (and since it’s being published by WW Norton, it’ll be in the big stores like Borders and Barnes and Noble) the moment it opens and run flat out to the shelf to make sure you secure your copy. For those in warm areas, remember not to wear flip-flops, because those few seconds lost due to inappropriate footwear could lost that precious copy of poetry goodness.
January 14th, 2008 at 9:20 am
TheHammock in Book of My Nights is quite simply amazing. Good looking out. I’ll definitely buy his new book when it hits the shelves.