Daniel W.K. Lee is the author of the Anatomy of Want, published in November 2019 by Rebel Satori Press’ Queer Mojo imprint. A third-generation refugee of Cantonese-Chinese background, he was born in Kuching, Malaysia, raised in Chicagoland, grew the fuck up in New York City, embraced the outdoors and spinsterhood in Seattle, and now resides in the magical city of New Orleans with is his aesthetic powerhouse of a dog Camden. He earned his MFA in Creative Writing at The New School and has been widely published in online and print publications, including the Lambda Literary Award-nominated anthology Take Out: Queer Writing from Asian Pacific America, the Lambda Literary Award-winning anthology I Do/I Don’t: Queers on Marriage. Find out more about him at danielwklee.com
“Daniel’s poems mesmerize and engage in revelatory ways. Sexy and profound, this significant debut is a heartfelt contribution to contemporary poetry. An essential new voice worth celebrating.” —Emanuel Xavier, Pier Queen
GOSPEL OF MARK
And then you stayed, requiring
a new metaphor to detail the danger:
Glorious as a halo, how you make
men prey in a noose of light.
“In Anatomy of Want, hunting musk and tales of slumber drunk-dial themselves into poetry through the imagination of Daniel Lee. This is a remarkable first book, a set of hymns, a set of prayers in installments from the young poet’s mouth to the ears of the reader, the precariously beloved, an eavesdropping divinity.” —Scott Hightower, Part of the Bargain
