Debts & Lessons

"Lynn Xu's "Debts & Lessons" is a book of influences and emanations. . . . Hers is a poetry of theodicy and, as she traces the features of her own face in the faces of the past, striking originality." --Susan Stewart, author, "The Poet's Freedom: A Notebook on Making" "Lynn Xu makes the poetic line a little theater where the belatedness of language is felt--and sometimes lulled into suspension. [She] is an expert at multiplying sites of resonance and ambiguity, of conjoining or confusing epochs and zones." --Ben Lerner, "Boston Review" "Xu brings to mind Anne Carson and Susan Howe, especially with regard to form, and Lyn Hejinian, in her relationship to language. . . . While she looks back at her forebears, Xu gives fans of contemporary experimental poetry much to love." --"Publishers Weekly" (March 18, 2013) Harriet" Debts & Lessons by Lynn Xu is a miracle of quietude; each and every poem is a bright instrument of attention somehow becoming both empathy and possession. Donald Revell, "Harriet"" "Debts & Lessons by Lynn Xu is a miracle of quietude; each and every poem is a bright instrument of attention somehow becoming both empathy and possession."--Donald Revell "Harriet" (5/20/2015 12:00:00 AM) Debts & LessonsbyLynn Xuis a miracle of quietude; each and every poem is a bright instrument of attention somehow becoming both empathy and possession. Donald Revell, Harriet"