Nonfiction
Winter 2000
To Witness the Invisible: A Talk with Li-Young Lee
Born in 1957 in Jakarta, Indonesia, Li-Young Lee’s first five years were lived in exile throughout Hong Kong, Macau, and Japan. Finally able to bring his family to the United […]
Poetry
Winter 2000
Hurry toward Beginning
Is it because the hour is latethe dove sounds new,no longer askinga path to its father’s house,no longer begging shoes of its mother? Or is it because I can’t tell […]
Poetry
Winter 2000
One Heart
Look at the birds. Even flyingis born out of nothing. The first skyis inside you, Friend, open at either end of day.The work of wings was always freedom, fasteningone heart […]
Poetry
Winter 2000
The Moon from Any Window
The moon from any window is one partwhoever’s looking. The part I can’t seeis everything my sister keeps to herself.One part my dead brother’s sleepless brow,the other part the time […]
Poetry
Winter 2000
The Hammock
When I lay my head in my mother’s lapI think how day hides the stars,the way I lay hidden once, waitinginside my mother’s laughter. And I rememberhow she carried me […]