In various memoir pieces, I have traced the trajectory of yearning through decisions made, good and bad, that had somehow kept the ambition on track.
Shirley Geok-lin LimIn actual fact, I have been an academic - a college and university teacher and scholar - for much of the last 45 years, and only rarely a writer.
Shirley Geok-lin LimAs the only girl growing up for a long time with only boys, as you pointed out, it seems like I was always surrounded by guys. There was this sense in which my female body was a problem.
Shirley Geok-lin LimFree verse is chained in sentence-to-sentence links and breaks free in line breaks.
Shirley Geok-lin Lim