Breaking the Alabaster Jar: Conversations with Li-Young Lee (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781929918829)

Li-Young Lee was born in 1957 in Jakarta, Indonesia, of Chinese parents. His most recent book of poetry, Book of My Nights (BOA Editions, 2001), is his third. His first collection, Rose, is in its 29th printing having sold over 80000 copies. Rose is one of the best selling poetry titles in U.S. history. Dr. Earl G. Ingersoll's scholarship focuses on late 19th and early 20th century American and British literature. He has published six books based on interviews with contemporary authors including Margaret Atwood, May Sarton, Doris Lessing, Rita Dove and Lawrence Durrell. Dr. Ingersoll has taught at SUNY Brockport, New York since 1964 where he is Distinguished Professor.