Monica Youngna Youn is an American poet and lawyer.
Monica Youn | |
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 Youn, speaking in 2016 | |
| Alma mater | Princeton University, Yale Law School, Oxford University |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Notable awards | Witter Bynner Fellowship |
Life
editYoun 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.[1]
Literary career
editYoun is the author of four poetry collections: Barter (2003), Ignatz (2010), Blackacre (2016), and From From (2023).[2][3] Ignatz was a finalist for the 2010 National Book Award for Poetry;[4] 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;[5] 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.[6]
Her poems have appeared in The New Yorker,[7] Poetry Magazine,[8] The Paris Review,[9] among other journals. She has given readings at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA),[10] on NPR's All Things Considered[11] and was a keynote reader at the 2012 Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference.[12]
She currently teaches creative writing at the University of California, Irvine.[13]
Legal career
editShe was the inaugural Brennan Center Constitutional Fellow at New York University Law School.[14] She formerly directed the campaign finance reform project at the Brennan Center for Justice.[14] She is a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of the United States[15] and was co-lead counsel for Defendant-Intervenors in McComish v. Bennett in 2011.[16] She has appeared on PBS Newshour,[17] Hardball with Chris Matthews,[18] Bill Moyers Journal,[19] and Need to Know.[20] She is the editor of Money, Politics and the Constitution: Beyond Citizens United.[21] She has testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee,[22] the House Judiciary Committee,[23] and the House Committee on Administration.[24]
She was a pledged delegate for Obama in the 2008 presidential election.[25] She has written for Slate,[26] The Los Angeles Times,[27] and The Huffington Post.[28]
Awards
edit- Stegner Fellowship at Stanford University[1]
- Yaddo residency[1]
- MacDowell fellow[29]
- 2008 Witter Bynner Fellowship[30]
- Rockefeller Foundation / Bellagio—Villa Serbelloni,[31]
- National Book Award Finalist 2010[32]
- National Book Award Longlist 2016[33]
- William Carlos Williams Award 2017[34]
- National Book Critics Circle Award finalist 2017[35]
- PEN Open Book Award Finalist 2017[36]
- Guggenheim Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, New York City, 2018[37]
- Levinson Prize, Poetry Foundation 2019[38]
Bibliography
editPoetry
editCollections
edit- Youn, Monica (7 March 2023). From From. Graywolf Press. ISBN 978-1-64445-221-9.[39][40][41]
- Youn, Monica (2016). Blackacre. Saint Paul, Minn.: Graywolf Press. ISBN 978-1555977504.
- Youn, Monica (2010). Ignatz. Four Way Books. ISBN 978-1935536017.
- Youn, Monica (2003). Barter. Saint Paul, Minn.: Graywolf Press. ISBN 1555973817.
Poems in anthologies
edit- Victoria M. Chang, ed. (2004). "25th & Delores". Asian American poetry: the next generation. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-07174-4.
- Legitimate Dangers. Sarabande Books. 2006. ISBN 1932511296.
- Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and Beyond. W. W. Norton & Company. 2008. ISBN 978-0393332384.
- Art and Artists: Poems. Everyman's Library. 2012. ISBN 978-0307959386.
Non-fiction
editLiterary criticism
editLaw
edit- Money, Politics, and the Constitution: Beyond Citizens United. Century Foundation Press. 2011. ISBN 978-0870785214.
- "The Chilling Effect and the Problem of Private Action". Vanderbilt Law Review. October 2013.
- "Proposition 8 and the Mormon Church: A Case Study in Donor Disclosure". George Washington Law Review. December 2013.
- "The Roberts Courts' Free Speech Double Standard". American Constitution Society. November 2011.
- "First Amendment Fault Lines and the Citizens United Decision". Harvard Law and Policy Review. February 2011. SSRN 1762746.
References
edit- ^ a b c "Monica Youn Lecturer in Creative Writing". Lewis Center, Princeton. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ^ "Barter | Graywolf Press".
- ^ "Monica Youn - Biography". worldvoices.pen.org. Pen America. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ "Four Way Books » Ignatz".
- ^ "Blackacre | Graywolf Press". Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ "From From". graywolfpress.org. Graywolf Press. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ "Against Imagism". newyorker.com. 15 July 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "Blackacre by Monica Youn". poetryfoundation.org. 8 April 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "The Paris Review - Five Poems". Archived from the original on 2010-06-14.
- ^ "Museum of Modern Art - MoMA". moma.org. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "NewsPoet: Monica Youn Writes The Day In Verse". npr.org. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "AWP Keynote: Eileen Myles and Monica Youn". Archived from the original on 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
- ^ "UC Irvine - Faculty Profile System".
- ^ a b "Monica Youn - Brennan Center for Justice". brennancenter.org. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "Arizona Free Enterprise Club v. Bennett - Brennan Center for Justice". brennancenter.org. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "2010 Term Opinions of the Court". supremecourt.gov. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "Supreme Court Ruling Could Reshape Political Landscape | PBS NewsHour | Jan. 21, 2010 | PBS". PBS. Archived from the original on 2010-01-23.
- ^ "'Hardball with Chris Matthews' for Thursday, July 9". msn.com. 10 July 2009. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "Bill Moyers Journal . Monica Youn and Zephyr Teachout - PBS". pbs.org. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "Watch Full Episodes Online of Need To Know on PBS - Newsmakers Interview: Monica Youn". pbs.org. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "Money, Politics, and the Constitution: Beyond Citizens United — the Century Foundation". Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-25. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Hearing on: The First Amendment and Campaign Finance Reform After Citizens United". Archived from the original on 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
- ^ "Congressional Forum on Campaign Finance | Committee on House Administration". Archived from the original on 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
- ^ Youn, Monica (27 August 2008). "Adventures of an Accidental Delegate". Slate. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "Search Results". slate.com. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ Youn, Monica (10 January 2010). "Giving corporations an outsized voice in elections". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Youn, Monica. "Monica Youn". Huffington Post.
- ^ "The MacDowell Colony". macdowellcolony.org. Archived from the original on 26 May 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "Witter Bynner Fellows 2008". The Library of Congress Webcasts. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "FOUR WAY BOOKS: About Monica Youn". fourwaybooks.com. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "Monica Youn, Ignatz - 2010 National Book Award Poetry Finalist, The National Book Foundation". nationalbook.org. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
- ^ "2010 National Book Award Finalist, Poetry". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ^ "Monica Youn: Winner of the William Carlos Williams Award in 2017". Poetry Society of America. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ^ "National Book Critics Circle Announces Finalists for 2016 Awards". Critical Mass: The blog of the National Book Critics Circle Board of Directors. Archived from the original on January 17, 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ^ "2017 Pen America Literary Awards Finalist". Pen America. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ^ "Monica Youn". John Simon Guggenheim Foundation.
- ^ "Poetry Magazine Prizes". Poetry Magazine. 3 January 2022.
- ^ McSweeney, Joyelle (2023-03-07). "A Poetic Dissection of America's Racial, Racist Derangement". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
- ^ "Los Angeles Review of Books". Los Angeles Review of Books. 2023-03-07. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
- ^ "Monica Youn's 'From From' Explores The Asian American Experience Outside of Identity | New University | UC Irvine". 2023-03-12. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
External links
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Media related to Monica Youn at Wikimedia Commons
