Cathy Park Hong
Poet, writer and professor
Hong is a Korean American poet and professor. Her nonfiction book Minor Feelings followed three poetry collections.
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American Born in Los Angeles, United States
About Cathy Park Hong
Cathy Park Hong has published three poetry collections: Translating Mo'um, Dance Dance Revolution and Engine Empire. Adrienne Rich chose Dance Dance Revolution for the Barnard Women Poets Prize. Minor Feelings, a work of creative nonfiction, came out in 2020. Among her honors are the Windham-Campbell Prize and a Guggenheim Fellowship, as well as a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Hong was named to the 2021 Time 100 list. She has also been poetry editor of the New Republic and a professor at Rutgers-Newark University.