Monica Youn | Joanna Eldridge Morrissey
Monica Youn is the author of three books, most recently Blackacre (Graywolf Press, 2016). Her second book, Ignatz (Four Way Books, 2010), was a finalist for the National Book Award. Her poems have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, including The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and The New York Times Magazine. A former lawyer, she now teaches poetry at Princeton University and Sarah Lawrence College.
Founded in 1993 by Thomas Lux and Jane Cooper, the Summer Seminar is a chance for writers to experience the Sarah Lawrence pedagogy, to work with a faculty of acclaimed writers and passionate teachers, and to spend a week in a stimulating atmosphere, where writing—and thinking about writing—is at the core.