Watching Television in a Love Motel
In this unforgettable first book of poetry by Haro Lee, televisionâlike loveâbinds us, liberates us, inspires, infuriates, and illuminates us.
Watching Television in a Love Motel is a poetic chronicle of Haroâs time in Aotearoa, South Korea, and the United States of America. In four partsââDaytime Televisionâ, âPrimetime Televisionâ, âLate Night Televisionâ, and âGraveyard Slotââshe looks at her past, family, and self with the help of the unwavering cultural force that is TV. Big subjects are caught in its glow: God, drugs, love, anti-motherhood, intergenerational trauma, loneliness, failure, and 3am existential anxiety.
The final section is a love letter to a dying neighbourhood in Seoul. Set against the heartache of a rapidly developing nation, this is the story of one girl and her life with a beloved grandmother.
In this unforgettable first book of poetry by Haro Lee, televisionâlike loveâbinds us, liberates us, inspires, infuriates, and illuminates us.
Watching Television in a Love Motel is a poetic chronicle of Haroâs time in Aotearoa, South Korea, and the United States of America. In four partsââDaytime Televisionâ, âPrimetime Televisionâ, âLate Night Televisionâ, and âGraveyard Slotââshe looks at her past, family, and self with the help of the unwavering cultural force that is TV. Big subjects are caught in its glow: God, drugs, love, anti-motherhood, intergenerational trauma, loneliness, failure, and 3am existential anxiety.
The final section is a love letter to a dying neighbourhood in Seoul. Set against the heartache of a rapidly developing nation, this is the story of one girl and her life with a beloved grandmother.
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In this unforgettable first book of poetry by Haro Lee, televisionâlike loveâbinds us, liberates us, inspires, infuriates, and illuminates us.
Watching Television in a Love Motel is a poetic chronicle of Haroâs time in Aotearoa, South Korea, and the United States of America. In four partsââDaytime Televisionâ, âPrimetime Televisionâ, âLate Night Televisionâ, and âGraveyard Slotââshe looks at her past, family, and self with the help of the unwavering cultural force that is TV. Big subjects are caught in its glow: God, drugs, love, anti-motherhood, intergenerational trauma, loneliness, failure, and 3am existential anxiety.
The final section is a love letter to a dying neighbourhood in Seoul. Set against the heartache of a rapidly developing nation, this is the story of one girl and her life with a beloved grandmother.
