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Grounding Exercise

SWWIM Every Day
by Ae Hee Lee
 
 

Welcome to SWWIM Every Day’s preview coverage of Miami Book Fair (MBF) 2025! We’ve been partnering with MBF since 2020 to bring you stimulating, inspiring work. From November 3 to 14, watch daily features on a selection of poets, just a glimpse of the incredible authors participating in this year’s MBF, the nation’s largest gathering of writers and readers of all ages. For more information about these and other authors, visit miamibookfaironline.com, follow @miamibookfair on Instagram and X, and join the conversation with #miamibookfair2025.

Ae Hee Lee will read at the Miami Book Fair on Saturday, November 22, at 4:30 p.m. Location: Building 8, Second Floor, Room 8203.

From ASTERISM. Permission granted by the press.

Born in South Korea and raised in Peru, Ae Hee Lee currently lives in Wisconsin. She is the author of ASTERISM, which was selected for the 2022 Dorset Prize, and the poetry chapbooks Bedtime // Riverbed, Dear bear, and Connotary. She has received scholarships and honors from the Academy of American Poets, AWP, Bread Loaf, and Sewanee Writers’ Conference, among others.

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