Lee, Li-Young / Egger, Oliver (ed.): I Ask My Mother to Sing: Mother Poems of Li-Young Lee

Wesleyan, chapbook

Publication Date: August 19, 2025

Publisher Marketing: A chapbook of new and selected mother poems by celebrated poet Li-Young Lee

I Ask My Mother to Sing contains five decades of poems by the acclaimed Asian-American poet, Li-Young Lee about his own mother and the many meanings of motherhood. This collection follows Lee's entire career, from his debut Rose (BOA, 1986) to his most recent book, The Invention of the Darling (W.W. Norton, 2024). The chapbook also includes seven new and previously unpublished poems.