Genny lim biography
Genny lim biography
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A Reading of Three Poems / Genny Lim
Genny Lim is a native San Francisco poet, playwright, performer, and educator.
She is the author of three poetry collections and the award-winning play Paper Angels, about Chinese immigrants detained on Angel Island. She is also the co-author of Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940, 2nd edition.
On May 4, 2019, Genny Lim participated in a live performance of Cover the Walls, for the Bay Area Book Festival.
Cover the Walls is an original work from composer Ursula Kwong--Brown that was inspired by the poems of Angel Island’s detention barracks.
Further readings by Genny Lim can be found here.
Poem 38
Over a hundred poems are on the walls.
Looking at them, they are all pining at the delayed progress.
What can one sad person say to another?
Unfortunate travelers everywhere wish to commiserate.
Gain or lose, how is one to know what is predestined?
Rich or p