The Spring 2022 Barbara & David Zalaznick Creative Writing Reading Series closes with a reading by Vietnamese American multigenre writer Bao Phi.

Bao Phi is a two-time Minnesota Grand Slam champion and a National Poetry Slam finalist, whose poetry is included in the 2006 Best American Poetry anthology and published widely elsewhere, including two collections published by Coffee House Press as well as other collections and magazines such as Spoken Word Revolution Redux, Poetry Magazine, Asian-American Literary Review, and many others. His fiction and essays have appeared in Octavia's Brood: Stories from Social Justice Movements, A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota, and others. He is also known for his three children’s books: his A Different Pond received six starred reviews and multiple awards, including the Caldecott Honor, an Ezra Jack Keats Honor, the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association award for best picture book, the Minnesota Book Award for picture books, and other recognitions. Phi is a visiting critic in the Department of Literatures in English during the 2021-2022 academic year.

Attendance Requirements
In-person attendance is open to the Cornell community: Cornell ID REQUIRED
Livestream is open to all via Zoom: https://cornell.zoom.us/j/92092286517?pwd=d0RJdndPV3FOK3FraDZJZVAyODRMU…
Passcode: 386941

Books by Bao Phi will be available for purchase at the reading courtesy of Ithaca's local cooperative, Buffalo Street Books.

Book signing to follow.

This is the fourth & final event in the Spring 2022 Barbara & David Zalaznick Reading Series.

This event is presented by the Department of Literatures in English / Creative Writing Program at Cornell University