A Grotesque Beauty in “Penury”
By IE Guest Contributor
Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
BY APRIL DE NONNO Can you tell the truth in the words of your oppressor? Will his language become the voice of your memories? Will his history be your own? These questions circulate like currents of air through Myung Mi Kim’s five poetry collections, beginning in 1991 with “Under Flag.” Book by book, she has [...]
