Wishbone

by Priscilla Lee

Poetry. Asian American Studies. Through Priscilla Lee's WISHBONE, we enter a world both magical and harrowing, where the barracudas are melancholy and porcupines are kept as pets, a world in which a firing squad and America are a telegram apart. Seldom are we blessed with a first book as poignant and absorbing as this one is, as street-pure, as wise -- Carolyn Forch ."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0966669142
• ISBN13: 9780966669145
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Roundhouse Press
• Length: 78 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Wishbone is a constant read for me

I dip into this book almost daily. Priscilla's stories and images are magical and her skill with language is inspiring. I keep this book near.

At last poetry without any stinking daffodils

This is the first book of poetry that didn't leave me feeling ill after reading it. This is true life without all the cosmetic work made to spice it up into something it isn't. Instead we get the real thing, which is more interesting. Wonderful work from a talented writer. Hope to see something else from this writer in the near future. I recommend this book for anybody interested in real poetry from the heart.

I read Wishbone like a bestseller paperback.

Somehow I'm under the impression that poetry books are meant to be read a poem at a time, thoughtfully relished and slowly. I read Wishbone like a bestseller paperback, page after page consumed in the subliminal drama of the heroine's life. It's the only book of poetry I've read in one sitting. I'm really pleased to have five of her poems in the Modern Wife Library so you can see for yourself why I love Priscilla Lee's poetry....

A wondrous debut

I was moved by this debut book. I loved how the images of bridges and of eyes connected the range of sections from the early familial content of the first section through the sections having to do with loves, friends, and finally the "new" family. I also liked the whole question of one's life relative to what is fated, even predicted about it: how one chooses one's life as much as one is chosen by it.I was intrigued by the style of her long-lined poems in the section titled "Peel". I found them consistently successful, and unique to her rich and thoughtful mind. And the humor in "Burnt Offerings" simply underscored the wisdom I sense throughout the book.I'm glad Priscilla Lee write this book, and I look forward to her other work.