Poetry off the Shelf: Mai Der Vang
- | 1:00 AM - 6:00 AM
Poetry Foundation
61 West Superior Street
Free Admission
Mai Der Vang is the author of Afterland (2017), a powerful collection of poetry that recounts with devastating detail the Hmong exodus from Laos and the fate of thousands of refugees seeking asylum. The collection received the Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets. She is currently a Visiting Writer at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.