Tonight, I will be part of a discussion alongside fellow Minnesotan authors Wing Young Huie, Shannon Gibney and Kate Allen! This is a Zoom event and captioning will be provided. I hope to see you all there!

Here is a link to the webinar registration: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_qWSTTrwITl2ddF0R3i2PgQ.

More information in this link: https://sppl.bibliocommons.com/events/5f5ea8db7926803a0027e6eb.

BEING IN-BETWEENNESS Poets Read Poetry with Ed Bok Lee

7 - 8:30 pm
North Terrace book-cafe
27-12 Yulgok-ro 10-gil
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Free admission.

An evening of international poetry with Ed Bok Lee, Megan Sungyoon, Jeongrye Choi, Sin Yong-mok and translators.

Ed Bok Lee is the author of three books of poetry, most recently Mitochondrial Night. Lee is an Associate Professor at Metropolitan State University, and for two decades has also taught in programs for youth and the incarcerated. Honors include the American Book Award, Minnesota Book Award, Asian American Literary Award (Members’ Choice), and a PEN/Open Book Award.

Megan Sungyoon is an MFA candidate in Poetry and Literary Translation at Columbia University. Sungyoon writes, reads, and makes stuff in Korean and English, mostly in New York for now.

Jeongrye Choi (최정례) is a celebrated Korean poet. She recently spent time as a writer-in-residence at the University of East Anglia (UK) and has just published translations of prose poems by James Tate.

Sin Yong-mok (신용목) is a popular younger Korean poet. He received the Baek Seok Award in 2017.

Brother Anthony has been translating Korean poetry for over 30 years.

Chung Eun-Gwi is a translator and professor of poetry at Hankuk University.

Come and hear some great poets read and talk about their work. Some poems will be in English, some in Korean and English. Refreshments served. This is a rare event in Seoul, all are welcome. Entrance is free. Please indicate on Facebook if you plan to come, if at all possible.

Co-sponsored by the Royal Asiatic Society—Korea branch.

For Map and Directions:

https://etrigg.com/location/north-terrace-book-cafe-10-12-12-yulgokno-10-gil-jongno-gu/5677197/

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Readings by Charles Bernstein (Near/Miss, University of Chicago Press), Andrea Abi-Karam (EXTRATRANSMISSION, Kelsey Street Press), Abigail Chabitnoy (How To Dress a Fish, Wesleyan University Press), and Ed Bok Lee (Mitochondrial Night, Coffee House Press) to celebrate the 27th Annual Showcase Reading Series

Sponsored by A Room of One’s Own Bookstore

Celebrate the 2019 publications of MITOCHONDRIAL NIGHT by Ed Bok Lee and LITTLE GLASS PLANET by Dobby Gibson.

A showcase of authors with spring 2019 books, presented by Moon Palace Books.

Free and open to the public.

A reading series, presented by University Club of St. Paul 

Free and open to the public.

Presented by Hennepin County Library

Author and poet Ed Bok Lee will present from his new book of poetry, "Mitochondrial Night." Taking mitochondrial DNA as his guide, Lee explores familial and national legacies, and their persistence across shifting boundaries and the erosions of time. Q and A to follow.

Free and open to the public.

From Now to Eternity

Time 4–5 p.m.
Stage Open Book Stage (2nd Floor, part of Street Fest access)
Featuring Mark Conway—rivers of the driftless region | Ed Bok Lee—Mitochondrial Night
Moderator Elizabeth Tannen
Genre Multigenre

Local author Mark Conway’s latest collection of imagistic poetry (rivers of the driftless region) delves into the associations of eternity—or the ever-present now, from his explorations of a lesser-known territory in Minnesota. Surging outward from the eternal present, Ed Bok Lee’s newest collection reaches through history and considers the human existence down to its most atomic level. Lee’s third book of poetry is an imagistic exploration of familial and national lineage, imbuing intimate moments with traces to historical legacies of global and cosmic scale. This discussion on eternity, history, and spiritual growth will expand our conscious boundaries and challenge us to ask how the past exists in the present.

A part of Wordplay Book Festival. Festival pass is required.

Featuring Dani Shapiro—Inheritance | Nicole Chung—All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir of Adoption & Unexpected Family | Ed Bok Lee—Mitochondrial Night
Moderator Sun Yung Shin
Genre Multigenre (nonfiction and poetry)

On a whim, Dani Shapiro (Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love) took an ancestry test and learned the real identity of her biological father, a sperm donor, throwing a major curveball into her identity and family origins. When essayist and editor Nicole Chung (All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir) became pregnant with her first child, she set out to meet her birth parents, and in the process, learned a more complex history of her transracial adoption story than she expected. Using DNA as his guide, Ed Bok Lee (Mitochondrial Night) considers the human existence down to its most atomic level. Lee’s third book of poetry is an imagistic exploration of familial and national lineage—a fascinating read that seeks to make meaning of small moments in life.

Sponsored by Thorson Memorial Library

Book event for Ed Bok Lee’s latest poetry collection, Mitochondrial Night. 

Free and open to the public.

Join the Ramsey County Library as we celebrate National Poetry Month with a poetry reading and conversation between Alexis Pauline Gumbs and Ed Bok Lee.

Poets on Poetry celebrates the richness of language featuring two Minnesota-based poets who will read some of their poetry, followed by a casual conversation about writing. This event is funded with money from Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.

Sponsored by City College of San Francisco.

Book event for Ed Bok Lee’s latest poetry collection, Mitochondrial Night. 

Free and open to the public. Held at Mission Campus, Room 106, 1125 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94110

Sponsored by City Lights Books.

Book event for Ed Bok Lee’s latest poetry collection, Mitochondrial Night.

Free and open to the public.

Sponsored by Clarion Performing Arts Center/ Kearny Street Workshop.

Literary event with Ed Bok Lee, Franny Choi and Julayne Lee,

Free and open to the public.

Literary Lights Series, presented by Blue Harbor Center for the Arts.

Free and open to the public.

Sponsored by Hamline University.

Book event for Ed Bok Lee’s latest poetry collection, Mitochondrial Night.

Free and open to the public.

Held in the Kay Fredericks Ballroom on the third floor of the Klas Center.

Celebrate the 2019 publications of MITOCHONDRIAL NIGHT by Ed Bok Lee and THE OCTOPUS MUSEUM by Brenda Shaughnessy.

This event, free and open to the public, is sponsored by Columbia University.

Join us for the book launch of Ed Bok Lee’s latest poetry collection, Mitochondrial Night. 

With opening readings by Donte Collins and Saymoukda Vongsay.

This event, free and open to the public, is co-sponsored by Literary Witnesses, Rain Taxi Review of Books and Korean Quarterly. Reception to follow, with music by DJ NAK.