Melete

Jennifer Lee Tsai's first full-length poetry book is a compelling narrative exploring family history, intergenerational trauma, love, loss, migration and belonging from the perspective of a second-generation British Chinese identity.��Melete�interweaves dual cultures and heritages, moving from China and Hong Kong to Liverpool. The mythic structure of the book relates to the three original Boeotian Muses - Melete, Mneme and Aoede. Named after the Muse of meditation and contemplation,�Melete�navigates the boundaries between life and art, personhood and subjectivity,�states and places of spiritual transcendence.�This expansive book establishes a powerfully distinctive lyric voice in British poetry.