Award-winning poet Monica Youn will read from her work, at this weekend event presented by the Asian American Writers’ Workshop and The Amelia Hudson. Youn’s poetry probes the contradictory nature of immigrant and Asian American identity, considers the natural world and landscapes we move through, and draws from her former career as a lawyer.
Following her reading, Youn will be joined in conversation by Jafreen Uddin, Executive Director at the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, with whom she’ll discuss her creative process, current projects, and questions from the audience.
Monica Youn is the author of three books of poetry, Blackacre, Ignatz, and Barter. Blackacre was awarded the William Carlos Williams Prize, and she has been a finalist for the National Book Award, The National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Kingsley Tufts Award. She has been awarded the Levinson Prize from the Poetry Foundation, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Witter Bytter Fellowship from the Library of Congress, and a Stegner Fellowship among other honors. She has published poems in the New Yorker, poetry, and four editions of the Best American Poetry anthology. The daughter of Korean immigrants, a former lawyer, and a member of the Racial Imaginary Institute, she is a professor at UC Irvine.
Vaccination cards will be checked at the door. Complimentary wine and beverages will be served.
Photos courtesy of The Amelia Hudson
