Monica Youn & Claudia Rankine

Monica YounClaudia RankineIN-STORE: Live on Fulton St! 
Wednesday, March 22, 7:30 PM ET 
Monica Youn presents 
From From
In conversation with Claudia Rankine
Co-presented with Asian American Writers Workshop and The Racial Imaginary Institute


“Where are you from . . . ? No—where are you from from?” It’s a question every Asian American gets asked, the refrain of an incessant chorus saying you’ll never belong here, you’re a perpetual foreigner, you’ll always be seen as an alien, an object, or a threat. Monica Youn’s From From brilliantly evokes the conflicted consciousness of deracination. If you have no experience of your so-called homeland, how do you piece together an Asian American identity out of Westerners’ ideas about Asians? From From is an extraordinary collection by a poet whose daring and inventive works are among the most vital in contemporary literature. Joined by esteemed writer Claudia Rankine (Just Us) and co-presented with Asian American Writers Workshop and The Racial Imaginary Institute, this is sure to be an unforgettable evening on the Greenlight stage.

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Monica Youn author photo credit: Beowulf Sheehan. Claudia Rankine author photo credit: Andrew Zuckerman / The Slowdown.

Event date: 

Wednesday, March 22, 2023 - 7:30pm

Event address: 

686 Fulton street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
From From: Poems By Monica Youn Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781644452219
Availability: Available In Store Now (while supplies last)
Published: Graywolf Press - March 7th, 2023

Blackacre: Poems By Monica Youn Cover Image
$16.00
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ISBN: 9781555977504
Published: Graywolf Press - September 6th, 2016

Just Us: An American Conversation By Claudia Rankine Cover Image
$20.00
ISBN: 9781644450635
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Published: Graywolf Press - September 7th, 2021

Citizen: An American Lyric By Claudia Rankine Cover Image
$20.00
ISBN: 9781555976903
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Published: Graywolf Press - October 7th, 2014

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