Join Lanesboro Arts in welcoming writer Su Hwang as the Lanesboro Artist in Residence at a Welcome Potluck on Tuesday, April 11th from 6 – 7 p.m. at the St. Mane Theatre. Over a shared meal, Su will share examples of past work as well as discuss the project she’ll be working on during her residency. Su will share how community members can participate in the residency events, and answer any questions about her work.

During her residency from April 7th through May 5th, Su Hwang will explore themes of place, belonging, othering, and our interconnectedness to one another and the natural world. Through informal, one-on-one interviews, broad-stroke lessons on the foundations of poetry, solo discovery walks (weather permitting), and community engagement to bridge personal and cultural divides through the power of poetry, participants will co-create a living chapbook anthology by writing a personal portrait exploring these themes and the people who call Lanesboro home.

About Su Hwang

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.

Learn more about Su and her residency project by clicking here.

The Lanesboro Artist Residency Program is supported by the Jerome Foundation.