Joy and I (Samuel Lee) talk about the poem "Study of Two Figures" by Monica Youn. Have you read it? It is unlike most other poems we read. It's such a logical argument, building up incrementally. Yet, there is a poetic assurance and at the end all of these seemingly dry lines come to create a powerful poetic experience. And so many "hot button" subjects are presented to the reader -- race, sex, violence, politics -- and how they are same and not the same. This is also a constant motif, this rhythm of same and different.