The MFA Programs in Writing presents a poetry reading by Monica Youn on Wednesday, 3/8, 5:30pm, HG1030.
Monica Youn reads from her new book of poems, From From. (Graywolf Press, 2023).
Reception and book signing to follow.
Monica Youn grew up in Houston, Texas. She received a BA from Princeton University, a JD from Yale Law School, and an MPhil from the University of Oxford, where she was a Rhodes Scholar.
Youn is the author of From From (Graywolf Press, 2023); Blackacre (Graywolf Press, 2016), winner of the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America; Ignatz (Four Way Books, 2010), a finalist for the 2010 National Book Award in Poetry; and Barter (Graywolf Press, 2003). Youn is the recipient of the Levinson Prize, as well as fellowships from the Library of Congress, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, and Stanford University, among others. She is an associate professor at UC Irvine and a member of the Racial Imaginary Institute.
Please click on the link below for the poster.