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Phantom Limbs

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Publisher: , 2025
Original title: 환상수족, 2005
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First published in Korean in 2005, Phantom Limbs is Lee Min-ha’s debut book of poetry. Critically lauded for its visceral imagery and world-building through word-play, this collection of surreal and fabulistic poems reminds readers that poems are spells and incantations.

Lee Min-ha is a Korean poet based in Seoul. She is the author of five poetry collections including Phantom Limbs (환상수족), Musically Scandalously (음악처럼 스캔들처럼), Imitation Woods (모조 숲), and All the Secrets of the World (세상의 모든 비밀). Her most recent book, Microclimate (미기후), received the Jihun Award and Sanghwa Award.

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