"Those whom the gods . . ."

Authors

  • Shirley Geok-lin Lim

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14288/cl.vi261.200795

Abstract

Read the full poem on Canadian Literature's website at https://canlit.ca/article/those-whom-the-gods/.

Author Biography

Shirley Geok-lin Lim

Shirley G. Lim (PhD, Brandeis University)’s recent publications include poems in the Hudson Review and Feminist Studies, and a chapter in Good Eats (NYU Press). Awards include the UCSB Research Lectureship, Multiethnic Literatures of the United States (MELUS), and Feminist Press Lifetime Achievement awards. Visiting professorships include those at MIT; NUS; National Sun Yat-sen University; and the English Chair Professor at Hong Kong University. Lim is a recipient of the Commonwealth Poetry Prize and two American Book Awards. Lim has a published memoir, Among the White Moon Faces; twelve poetry collections, recently including Dawns Tomorrow; three novels; the Shirley Lim Collection; three story collections; two critical studies; and about a dozen edited/co-edited anthologies and journal special issues. 

Published

Dec. 17, 2025 (UTC)

How to Cite

Lim, Shirley Geok-lin. “‘Those Whom the Gods . . .’”. Canadian Literature: A Quarterly of Criticism and Review, no. 261, Dec. 2025, p. 17, doi:10.14288/cl.vi261.200795.

Issue

No. 261 (2025): Swirling into a Field of Life: Works in Conversation with Y-Dang Troeung

Section

[life]