For more information, check out the WunderLee site from IndyLit. |
WunderLee contributed to the Copper Canyon Press on-line anthology |
"A Chat with Howl" in ZYZZYVA Issue 65 |
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Poet, essayist, author, and traveler, Christopher WunderLee represents a new type of literati, he is unpretentious, well-read, self-educated (for the most part) and extremely clever. His poetry reflects a deep understanding of histroy, literature, philosophy, religion, and politics, without alienating the reader. WunderLee, like no poet I've ever read, is able to blend reason with passion, vulgarity with the sublime, anarchism with order. As Nathan Griffin put it: "WunderLee is the most bipolar poet I've ever read" and this duality makes him unique. One poem can be brooding, personal, and lyrical while another is loud, angry, and borderline psychotic. It is the latter that draws many people to him, his unabashed excess with words and experience. However, much of his fiction and essays show another side, a thoughtful and concerned side that has a biting wit and deep well of knowledge. WunderLee is one of the only people I've ever read that has written something that impresses me solely because of its innovation and its ingenuity. You can say he has influences, but you can't say he uses anyone's style. At one point cynical and self-depracating, at another a bard and scholar, WunderLee is engrossing, thought-provoking, and challenging. He seems to want the reader to have to learn in order to understand in some of his work and in others, he wants the reader to experience his unflinching rage. I was originally drawn to WunderLee because of his openness, his battle cry-like voice, but over the last few years, as I've read more and more of his work, I've come to respect him for his wisdom and his literary values. WunderLee believes literature is "the language of experience set into context by a historical dialogue" and this philosophy guides his every word. He has, on his own, developed an entirely new poetic theory, one that embraces the poets of the past, while it allows him to explore his own ideas and experiences. I cannot think of any other "new voice" in poetry today that is as perched for greatness and that's why this site exists, because when you recognize something unique you want to share it with others. |
WunderLee's poem "The Wake of the Patriarch" appeared in Vol. 1, Issue 2 |
Snow Monkey |
WunderLee's poem "Delhi to Delhi" in Issue One of PLACES. |
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PLEASE NOTE: This site is not affiliated with Christopher WunderLee in any way. I cannot get you in contact with him, nor can I provide information about him. If you would like to contact him for professional purposes (this means editors, publishers, etc.), click here. If you have any other requests, you can email me and I may pass it on to him. |
Christopher WunderLee |
Kalopsia Out June 2003 from Snark Publishing! |
"A Chat with Howl" in ZYZZYVA Issue 65 |
WunderLee contributed to the Copper Canyon Press on-line anthology |
For more information, check out the WunderLee site from IndyLit. |
I received an email that WunderLee read at a arts festival in Seattle on Labor Day Weekend! Thanks for the info. |