Hard Hat Reading: Monica Youn
Kick off the Hard Hat Reading series with Monica Youn—poet, educator, and Poets House Board Member—as she reads from A Woman’s Mourning Song by bell hooks and her own recent book Blackacre.
Content note: talk of suicide.
This event is part of the ongoing Hard Hat Reading Series, featuring poetry readings by members of the Poets House community.
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