Join us for an evening of Korean poetry in translation with one of the most influential contemporary poets of South Korea, Kim Hyesoon, as translated by Don Mee Choi. Kim is among the first female poets to receive the prestigious Midang Literary Award, and her work is translated into many languages, including Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, and Swedish. Don Mee Choi, the Whiting Award–winning author of The Morning News Is Exciting and Hardly War, translated several of Kim’s collections, including I’m OK, I’m Pig! and Poor Love Machine.
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| Date | Title | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Charlottesville Reading Series: Raisa Tolchinsky & Kevin Moffett | Charlottesville, VA | |
| Spring Poetry Slam | Brookings, OR | |
| Kundiman's 20th Anniversary Reading at the New Orleans Poetry Festival | New Orleans, LA | |
| Poetry at the Point | St. Louis, MO | |
| In-Store: Poetry Night w/ Leila Mottley & Tatiana Johnson-Boria | Brooklyn, NY | |
| Poetry Reading: Laura Tohe, Kimberly Blaeser, & Elise Paschen | Milwaukee, WI | |
| Showcase Reading: Eduardo C. Corral & Benjamin Garcia | New York, NY | |
| Conversation: Laura Tohe and Kimberly Blaeser | Milwaukee, WI | |
| Poetry Reading: Nicky Beer | Milwaukee, WI | |
| COUPLET READING SERIES: National Poetry Month Edition | New York, NY |