Lanesboro Arts invites you to a Poetry Open Mic with Su Hwang. From 7:00 – 8:00 pm on October 18th at the Sons of Norway, hear original poetry performed by local poets on stage, alongside Minneapolis-based poet and 2023 Lanesboro Artist-in-Residence Su Hwang. This open mic is free! The open mic will feature readings from the Driftless Poet Society, a group of poets based in Lanesboro.

Su Hwang (she/her) is a poet, activist, stargazer, and the author of Bodega (Milkweed Editions), which received the 2020 Minnesota Book Award in poetry and was named a finalist for the 2021 Kate Tufts Discovery Award. Born in Seoul, Korea, she was raised in New York then called the Bay Area home before transplanting to the Midwest. A recipient of the inaugural Jerome Hill Fellowship in Literature, she is a teaching artist with the Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop and is the cofounder, with poet Sun Yung Shin, of Poetry Asylum. Su currently lives in Minneapolis.

Su Hwang is a fiscal year 2024 recipient of a Creative Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board.