My Year Abroad by Chang Rae Lee Britannica and learning to hear between

and learning to hear between its notes the resonances of what another era has written

these poems showcase the best work of this “poet of plenitude

“Our finest black-humorist

and A Thousand Mornings

The Locked Door

My Year Abroad by Chang Rae Lee Britannica and learning to hear betweenTiller is an average American college student with a good heart but minimal aspirations. Pong Lou is a larger than life, wildly creative Chinese American entrepreneur who sees something intriguing in Tiller beyond his bored exterior and takes him under his wing. When Pong brings him along on a boisterous trip across Asia, Tiller is catapulted from ordinary young man to talented protg, and pulled into a series of ever more extreme and eye opening