Unexpected Vanilla by Lee Hyemi, trans. So J. Lee Ruth Padel both her way of seeing

both her way of seeing and her way of saying not only draw in the reader but open up and expand that reader’s experience

It would be commonplace to say ‘she wrote bravely’

together they form a resonant gathering of poems that celebrate

not only in his phrasing

and now lives in Kinsale

Unexpected Vanilla by Lee Hyemi, trans. So J. Lee Ruth Padel both her way of seeingA sensual, surrealist collection by a young feminist poet, in an equally sensuous and sensitive queer translation. Lee Hyemis poetry is characterized by fluidity and wetness, with subjects moving about and soaking in each other through curious means. The titular vanillathe antonym of kinkyis unexpected for Lee, who subverts the vanilla norm without denying its pleasures. Unexpected Vanillas exchange of liquids often involves sex, but intercourse can