Episode Description
In Three Poems is the poetry podcast where we read two poems by our guest and one by another poet of their choice. We talk about the poems and let the poems talk among themselves.
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Guest Bio:
Mai-Linh K. Hong is a Vietnamese American poet and literary scholar. Her work explores how refugees know, tell about, and creatively reimagine their worlds during and after migration. She has been a Voices of Our Nation Fellow and Tin House Scholar. Her research has been supported by fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies, American Association of University Women, and the Institute for Citizens & Scholars.
Poem 1:
“Blue Ridge Elegy” from Continental Drift, written by Mai-Linh Hong, read by David
Poem 2:
“Plum Jam” also from Continental Drift, read by Mai-Linh Hong
Poem 3:
“ABC for Refugees” by Monica Sok, from A Nail the Evening Hangs On (Copper Canyon Press, 2020). Read by Mai-Linh. Thank you to Monica Sok and Copper Canyon Press for permission to read the poem on the show.
Links:
Instagram for Continental Drift: @continentaldrift_poems
"ABC for Refugees" by Monica Sok (on the Poetry Foundation Website)