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Twin Cities poet Ed Bok Lee will read from his new collection of poetry, "Mitochondrial Night," on Saturday night in Minneapolis.

 is part of the "Literary Witnesses" reading series at Plymouth Congregational Church on Nicollet Avenue.

This is Lee's third book of poetry, and it's epic in scope, exploring everything from our cellular history to ancestral memory to the future of the human soul. 

MPR News' Marianne Combs recently spoke to Lee, who teaches at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul; she asked him what he believes he carries within him from his ancestors. You can hear that interview — along with Lee reading three of his poems — at the links above.

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Twin Cities poet Ed Bok Lee will read from his new collection of poetry, "Mitochondrial Night," on Saturday night in Minneapolis.


Poet Ed Bok Lee speaks with MPR's Marianne Combs about his work.

Ed Bok Lee talks about his poetry

Ed Bok Lee reads his poem "Sunday Listening"

Ed Bok Lee reads "Sunday Listening"

Ed Bok Lee reads his poem "End of the World"

Ed Bok Lee reads "End of the World"

Ed Bok Lee reads his poem "Ode to the Poems of Any Small Nation"

Ed Bok Lee reads "Ode to the Poems of Any Small Nation"

Poet Ed Bok Lee's latest collection "Mitochondrial Night"

Twin Cities poet Ed Bok Lee reads from new collection of work

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