Duress is a collection of devotional poems for souls in search of spiritual restoration--its contemporary psalms, lamentations, meditations, and praises were composed during the "anthropause" when the world paused. A poetry of resiliency, lyric in pulse and contemplative in spirit, it will encourage and uplift weary hearts of wayfarers in a season of duress.

Karen An-hwei Lee is the author of the novel The Maze of Transparencies in addition to nine volumes of poetry, translation, and fiction. Her work has been honored by Best Spiritual Writing and the National Endowment of the Arts. She currently serves as provost and a professor of English at Wheaton College.