The next year, his family fled the country, traveling throughout Asia for five years and then emigrating to the United States. Lee's third book, The Winged Seed, chronicles his father's imprisonment and his family's flight to the United States, as well as his return, as an adult, to Indonesia and China. His first book, Rose, received the 1986 Delmore Schwartz Memorial Prize, and his second book of poems, The City in Which I Love You, received the 1990 Lamont Poetry Prize. His work has been published in numerous journals, including the American Poetry Review and Triquarterly. In addition to the evening reading, Lee will visit classrooms and attend luncheons with students.
All events are free and open to the public.
The reading series is co-sponsored by the creative writing department.