I think that it was a great experience having Cathy Park Hong visit our class. It was great to have lunch with her as well… the five of us had a very comfortable, not awkward conversation, which was nice. She was very personable and friendly! I also really enjoyed our question and answer session with her in class. It was nice to talk about publishing, poetic techniques, her writing style and the editing and revision process. As a beginning poet, I thought it was really helpful to hear what a ‘real’ poet has to say. I also really enjoyed hearing her read and I thought it was REALLY interesting that she devised the voice of the guide she used in Dance Dance Revolution completely in her head, without speaking it out loud. That must have been really hard! I also think it is cool that she acknowledges the fact that her poetry is not totally normal and it is sometimes difficult to understand, even for people like her dad. Meeting her and talking about her poetry with her made me like and appreciate her poetry a bit more. I like that it is a bit of a mixture of her cultural and linguistic background and the culture and language she was raised in in L.A. Overall, I thought visiting with Cathy Park Hong was wonderful! It would be great to have more guest speakers and authors visit our class. I think we could really learn a lot!
I would also like to say that I started reading the pieces we will be workshopping this week as a class and I really enjoyed reading them. There are some really good poets in our class and I think it will be a lot of fun to workshop with all of us together. It was nice to get to read the poetry of some people in our class I had not yet read. I look forward to getting feedback from all of you about my poetry. Tuesday and Thursday should be fun!
See you all in class!
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