Monica Youn Explained

Monica Youn
Alma Mater:Princeton University,
Yale Law School,
Oxford University
Genre:Poetry
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Awards:Witter Bynner Fellowship

Monica Youngna Youn is an American poet and lawyer.

Life

Youn was raised in Houston, Texas. She graduated from St. Agnes Academy (Texas), Princeton University, Yale Law School with a J.D., and Oxford University with a M. Phil, where she was a Rhodes Scholar.

Literary career

Youn is the author of four poetry collections: Barter (2003), Ignatz (2010), Blackacre (2016), and From From (2023).[1] [2] Ignatz was a finalist for the 2010 National Book Award for Poetry;[3] Blackacre was longlisted for the 2016 National Book Award for Poetry, shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry, and was one of The New York Times Book Review's Best Poetry Collections of 2016;[4] and From From was a finalist for the 2023 National Book Award for Poetry, one of The New York Times Book Review's Best Poetry Collections of 2023, and was recognized as amongst the best books of the year by Time, NPR, Publishers Weekly, and more.[5]

Her poems have appeared in The New Yorker,[6] Poetry Magazine,[7] The Paris Review,[8] among other journals. She has given readings at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA),[9] on NPR's All Things Considered[10] and was a keynote reader at the 2012 Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference.[11]

She currently teaches creative writing at the University of California, Irvine.[12]

Legal career

She was the inaugural Brennan Center Constitutional Fellow at New York University Law School.[13] She formerly directed the campaign finance reform project at the Brennan Center for Justice.[13] She is a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States[14] and was co-lead counsel for Defendant-Intervenors in McComish v. Bennett in 2011.[15] She has appeared on PBS Newshour,[16] Hardball with Chris Matthews,[17] Bill Moyers Journal,[18] and Need to Know.[19] She is the editor of Money, Politics and the Constitution: Beyond Citizens United.[20] She has testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee,[21] the House Judiciary Committee,[22] and the House Committee on Administration.[23]

She was a pledged delegate for Obama in the 2008 presidential election.[24] She has written for Slate,[25] The Los Angeles Times,[26] and The Huffington Post.[27]

Awards

Bibliography

Poetry

Collections

Poems in anthologies

Non-fiction

Literary criticism

Law

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Barter | Graywolf Press.
  2. Web site: Monica Youn - Biography . worldvoices.pen.org . Pen America . 29 January 2024.
  3. Web site: Four Way Books » Ignatz.
  4. Web site: Blackacre | Graywolf Press. 25 June 2021.
  5. Web site: From From . graywolfpress.org . Graywolf Press . 29 January 2024.
  6. Web site: Against Imagism. 15 July 2012. newyorker.com. 9 April 2017.
  7. Web site: Blackacre by Monica Youn. 8 April 2017. poetryfoundation.org. 9 April 2017.
  8. Web site: The Paris Review - Five Poems. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100614042516/http://theparisreview.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5777. 2010-06-14.
  9. Web site: Museum of Modern Art - MoMA. moma.org. 9 April 2017.
  10. News: NewsPoet: Monica Youn Writes The Day In Verse. npr.org. 9 April 2017.
  11. Web site: AWP Keynote: Eileen Myles and Monica Youn . 2012-08-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120302110405/http://www.vidaweb.org/events/awp-keynote-eileen-myles-and-monica-youn . 2012-03-02 .
  12. Web site: UC Irvine - Faculty Profile System .
  13. Web site: Monica Youn - Brennan Center for Justice. brennancenter.org. 9 April 2017.
  14. Web site: Arizona Free Enterprise Club v. Bennett - Brennan Center for Justice. brennancenter.org. 9 April 2017.
  15. Web site: 2010 Term Opinions of the Court. supremecourt.gov. 9 April 2017.
  16. Web site: Supreme Court Ruling Could Reshape Political Landscape PBS NewsHour Jan. 21, 2010 PBS. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100123164508/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/jan-june10/scotus2_01-21.html. 2010-01-23. PBS.
  17. Web site: 'Hardball with Chris Matthews' for Thursday, July 9. https://web.archive.org/web/20120309105553/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/31848671/ns/msnbc_tv-hardball_with_chris_matthews/. live. 9 March 2012. 10 July 2009. msn.com. 9 April 2017.
  18. Web site: Bill Moyers Journal . Monica Youn and Zephyr Teachout - PBS. pbs.org. 9 April 2017.
  19. Web site: Watch Full Episodes Online of Need To Know on PBS - Newsmakers Interview: Monica Youn. pbs.org. 9 April 2017.
  20. Web site: Money, Politics, and the Constitution: Beyond Citizens United — the Century Foundation . 2012-08-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120616111607/http://tcf.org/publications/2011/4/money-politics-and-the-constitution-beyond-citizens-united . 2012-06-16 .
  21. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-08-27 . 2012-09-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120925033432/http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/pdf/11-04-12%20Youn%20Testimony.pdf . dead .
  22. Web site: Hearing on: The First Amendment and Campaign Finance Reform After Citizens United . 2012-08-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120915101619/http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/hear_100203.html . 2012-09-15 .
  23. Web site: Congressional Forum on Campaign Finance | Committee on House Administration . 2012-08-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120913081237/http://democrats.cha.house.gov/event/congressional-forum-campaign-finance . 2012-09-13 .
  24. Adventures of an Accidental Delegate. Monica. Youn. 27 August 2008. 9 April 2017. Slate.
  25. Web site: Search Results. slate.com. 9 April 2017.
  26. News: Giving corporations an outsized voice in elections . Los Angeles Times . Monica . Youn . 10 January 2010.
  27. News: Monica Youn. Huffington Post . Monica . Youn .
  28. Web site: Monica Youn Lecturer in Creative Writing. Lewis Center, Princeton. 10 April 2017.
  29. Web site: The MacDowell Colony. macdowellcolony.org. 9 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20090526052307/http://www.macdowellcolony.org/artists-indexfellows.php. 26 May 2009. dead.
  30. Web site: Witter Bynner Fellows 2008. The Library of Congress Webcasts. 9 April 2017.
  31. Web site: FOUR WAY BOOKS: About Monica Youn. fourwaybooks.com. 9 April 2017.
  32. Web site: Monica Youn, Ignatz - 2010 National Book Award Poetry Finalist, The National Book Foundation. nationalbook.org. 9 April 2017.
  33. Web site: 2010 National Book Award Finalist, Poetry. National Book Foundation. 10 April 2017.
  34. Web site: Monica Youn: Winner of the William Carlos Williams Award in 2017. Poetry Society of America. 10 April 2017.
  35. Web site: National Book Critics Circle Announces Finalists for 2016 Awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20170117185137/http://bookcritics.org/blog/archive/national-book-critics-circle-announces-finalists-for-2016-awards. dead. January 17, 2017. Critical Mass: The blog of the National Book Critics Circle Board of Directors. 10 April 2017.
  36. Web site: 2017 Pen America Literary Awards Finalist. Pen America. 18 January 2017. 10 April 2017.
  37. Web site: Monica Youn. John Simon Guggenheim Foundation.
  38. Web site: Poetry Magazine Prizes. Poetry Magazine. 3 January 2022.
  39. News: McSweeney . Joyelle . 2023-03-07 . A Poetic Dissection of America's Racial, Racist Derangement . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-06-23 . 0362-4331.
  40. Web site: 2023-03-07 . Los Angeles Review of Books . 2023-06-23 . Los Angeles Review of Books . en.
  41. Web site: 2023-03-12 . Monica Youn's 'From From' Explores The Asian American Experience Outside of Identity New University UC Irvine . 2023-06-23 . en-US.

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