Claude McKay, “Subway Wind” and Li-Young Lee, “Persimmons"

25 Março 2019, 08:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Two poems on immigration and the feeling of estrangement from origins it produces, as well as two poets' reflection on the occasional exhilaration of reconnecting with one’s origins in a broader world. We focused here on Claude McKay, “Subway Wind” andLi-Young Lee, “Persimmons.” We also discussed Tillie Olsen, “I Want You Women Up North to Know,” and how it articulates the “here” of comfort and consumption and the“there” of work and exploitation.