Cathy Park Hong

I just got back from Cathy Park Hong's reading in the Sykes formal lounge. It was a neat atmosphere, though it was definitely different than it was in class. Compared to the class time, this seemed pretty short. It was nice to hear a range of her poems, from her first book to the ones that may be included in the next one, but there seemed to be little discussion about her thought process behind some of her works and how she goes about writing, besides a few questions that were asked - I guess I just expected it to be more like a question and answer session than a reading.
It was still great though, and hearing the poems from the author herself made her work seem even better. She spoke the role of the tour guide perfectly and turned a poem that I couldn't stand when I read it to myself into something special. The two new poems she read were also very good. The alphabet-form she wrote in (I can't remember the name, but basically you start the first line with a word starting with a letter from the alphabet, and then each line continues in sequential order of the letters) was extremely fun to listen to as I tried to follow along with what letter she was on.
All in all it was a nice event, though I definitely liked the more casual, and somewhat more personal, atmosphere of having her in class.