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The Winged Seed: A Remembrance

by Li-Young Lee · 1995

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A personal account by the celebrated Chinese-American poet offers a magical work of memory and myth that recounts a childhood of exile, his father's imprisonment, his discovery of the significance of history, and his search for identity.

Subject
biographymemoir
Themes
diversity
Setting
20th century
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 205 pages
Form
poetry

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