SOURCE: A review of Rose, in Prairie Schooner, Vol. 63, No 3, Fall 1989, pp. 135-37.
Mitchell names "tenderness " as the most salient quality of Lee's poetry and judges this a shortcoming in Rose.
This is a free excerpt of 34 words. There are 729 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) in the full critical essay.
Read the rest of this Criticism with our Li-Young Lee 1957–: Critical Essay by Roger Mitchell Access Pass.