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Of Thee I Sing

In his fifth book of poems, Timothy Liu addresses a tripartite : the Divine, the Beloved, and the State. A precarious dance between the spiritual and the material ensues, the lyric poem confronting a consumer culture overrun by rampant lust and greed yet finding itself unable to wholly stand outside of what it critiques. Any consolation found herein is short-lived. Even so, by extending the traditions of lyric poetry forward, these utterances seek to enlarge the conversation between art and life, anticipating whatever commerce the future might yet hold.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 66
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780820326009
  • Genres
  • poetry
  • Release date
  • 2004