The Weight of Sweetness (For Further Reading)

For Further Reading

• Baumli, Francis, ed., Men Freeing Men: Exploding the Myth of the Traditional Male, New Atlantis Press, 1991.

  This collection of short essays explores a variety of men’s social roles, paying particular attention to how men negotiate gendered behavior and social expectations of maleness.

• Lee, Li-Young, The Winged Seed: A Remembrance, Simon & Schuster, 1995.

  Part prose poem, part memoir, The Winged Seed presents memories of Lee’s family in Indonesia in a dreamy, poetic prose. Readers feels as if they’re seeing Lee’s descriptions as if through gauze.

• Miller, Matt, “Poetry: Asian-American Li-Young Lee Lights Up His Family’s Murky Past,” in Far Eastern Economic Review, May 30, 1996. pp. 34 – 37.

  American poet Li-Young Lee’s work addresses his family’s past and the challenges he faced in learning English. He was born in Indonesia, but his family was forced to leave because of a crackdown on ethnic Chinese. He is uncertain about the history of his father and his family, and this uncertainty colors his work.