Lannan Readings & Conversations

Li-Young Lee

with Michael Silverblatt
Wednesday March 29 2000

Reading, March 29, 2000
Conversation, March 29, 2000

Li-Young Lee was born in 1957 in Jakarta, Indonesia, of Chinese parents. He and his family fled to the United States in 1964 from Indonesia, where his father was a political prisoner. Mr. Lee has written two books of poetry, Rose and The City in Which I Love You, and a memoir, The Winged Seed.

Li-Young Lee Bio and Cross Links


Michael Silverblatt is the host of the literary talk show Bookworm, which he created in 1989 for KCRW 89.9 FM in Santa Monica. He has participated in numerous Readings & Conversations programs, interviewing Gore Vidal, Susan Sontag, Salman Rushdie, and A.S. Byatt, among others. Bookworm airs locally on KSFR 101.1FM every Sunday at 1:30pm.

Michael Silverblatt Bio and Cross Links