A review by lilymarg
My Name Will Grow Wide Like a Tree: Selected Poems by Yi Lei

4.0

“I envied Yi Lei’s ability to claim the fact of that love, and to embrace the joy and upheaval it led to without apologizing for it or turning against it as is sometimes the case when one looks back at the many detours of one’s own youth. ‘Love is innocent,’ she said. And with that simple phrase, I believe she explained parts of myself to me, which is, of course, what great poets do.” — Tracy K Smith