Reading at Kelly Writers House
A READING BY HOA NGUYEN
Eva & Leo Sussman Poetry Program
Hosted by Laynie Browne
Tuesday, February 28, 6:00 PM
Kelly Writers House | 3805 Locust Walk
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Join us on Tuesday, February 28, at 6:00 PM for our annual Eva & Leo Sussman Poetry Program, a poetry reading by Hoa Nguyen, hosted by Laynie Browne. Nguyen's latest book of poetry, A Thousand Times You Lose Your Treasure (2021 finalist for the National Book Award) is a meditation on historical, personal, and cultural pressures pre- and post-“Fall-of-Saigon"—as well as a poetic memoir of the poet's mother, Diệp Anh Nguyễn, a stunt motorcyclist in an all-women Vietnamese circus troupe. In the words of Ocean Vuong, "Her work is rich with the permission-giving power of alternative thinking and feeling–and is vital for anyone who cares about language and its possibilities.” Please register here to attend in person.
Masks are welcome. Please stay home if you feel ill. Books available for purchase in cash, check or PayPal.
HOA NGUYEN
Hoa Nguyen is the author of several books of poetry including Red Juice, Violet Energy Ingots, and A Thousand Times You Lose Your Treasure. Born in the Mekong Delta and raised and educated in the United States, Hoa lives in Tkaronto with her family. She is a member of She Who Has No Masters, a Vietnamese diasporic collective of cis, trans, and non-binary women and founding mentor of the SWHNM mentorship. In 2019, her body of work was nominated for a Neustadt Prize for Literature, a prestigious international literary award often compared with the Nobel Prize in Literature.
THE EVA & LEO SUSSMAN POETRY PROGRAM
The Eva & Leo Sussman Poetry Program honors the memory of Eva and Leo Sussman — beloved grandparents of Daniel Morse — with an annual poetry program. The program allows for the entire Writers House community to experience the work of contemporary poets.