As part of Asian Arts Week 2008 renowned Master Poet Li-Young Lee and
his celebrated poetry will be featured at three related events. Born in
1957 of Chinese parents in Jakarta, Indonesia, Lee learned early about
loss and exile. Li-Young Lee is the author of four critically acclaimed
books of poetry, his most recent being Behind My Eyes (W.W.Norton,
2008), which has sold out at Lee's public appearances, Book of My
Nights (BOA Editions, 2001), Rose (BOA, 1986), winner of the Delmore
Schwartz Memorial Award from New York University, and The City in Which
I Love You (BOA, 1991), the 1990 Lamont Poetry Selection.
The power that surfaces in Li-Young Lee's poems comes through the
observation and translation of often unassuming and silent moments' the
poetry of Li-Young Lee gives clear voice to the solemn and extraordinary
beauty found within humanity. By employing hauntingly lyrical skill, and
astute poetic awareness, Lee allows silence, sound, form, and spirit to
emerge brilliantly onto the page. His poetry reveals a dialogue between
the eternal and the temporal, and accentuates the joys and sorrows of
family, home, loss, exile, and love.
Friday, March 28
United in This Way: Master Class Led by Poet Li-Young Lee
Lunch and Master Class with Poet Li-Young Lee
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
USC Alumni House
1731 College Street
(Space is limited to 30 seats. Reserve space by contacting Charlene
Spearen: 777-5492 or cmspeare@gwm.sc.edu )
Friday, March 28
United in This Way: Reception and Reading Featuring Poet Li-Young Lee
Friday, March 28th
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Columbia Museum of Art
Event is Free and Open to the Public
The evening will feature a public reading by world acclaimed poet
Li-Young Lee, followed by a book-signing reception. On display will be
works of poetry and art inspired by specific pieces written by Li-Young
Lee and created by USC graduate and undergraduate students majoring in
the Fine Arts: poetry, dance, and visual art. In full costume, USC dance
students will perform an original dance, which they created and
choreographed in response to Lee's poems.
ABOUT Behind My Eyes by Li-Young Lee
A highly anticipated collection from one of the most powerful voices at
work in America today. Combining sensitivity and eloquence with a broad
appeal, Li-Young Lee walks in the footsteps of Stanley Kunitz and Billy
Collins as one of the most beloved poets in the US. Playful, erotic, at
times mysterious, his work describes the immanent value of everyday
experience. Straightforward language and simple narratives become
gateways to the most powerful formulations of beauty, wisdom, and divine
love.
Between two unknowns, I live my life.
Between my mother's hopes, older than I am
by coming before me. And my child's wishes, older than I am
by outliving me
-Li-Young Lee
Saturday, March 29, 2008
United in This Way: Transfigured by Music
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
USC School of Music, Room 006
Event is Free and Open to the Public
Reception and brief talk led by Li-Young Lee discussing his poetry,
Asian influences, and establishing elements of music in his work. This
event is a precursor to the Southern Exposure Gamelan Galak Tika concert
which will be held in the School of Music's Recital Hall at 7:30
p.m.
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