National Book Award-winning poet Don Mee Choi (trilogy Mirror Nation, DMZ Colony, Hardly War), Princeton’s Bain-Swiggett Visiting Professor and Visiting Lecturer in Poetry, and National Book Award-winning fiction writer Samanta Schweblin (Seven Empty Houses, Fever Dream) read from their recent work as part of the Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series, hosted by the Program in Creative Writing.
This event is cosponsored by the Lewis Center for the Arts and Labyrinth Books. Don Mee Choi’s participation in this reading is cosponsored by Princeton’s Department of English and the department’s Bain-Swiggett Fund.
About the Authors
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Born in Seoul, South Korea, Don Mee Choi is the author of the KOR-US trilogy: Mirror Nation (Wave Books, 2024), the National Book Award-winning collection DMZ Colony (Wave Books, 2020), and Hardly War (Wave Books, 2016). She is a recipient of fellowships from the MacArthur, Guggenheim, Lannan, and Whiting Foundations, as well as the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program. Her translation of Kim Hyesoon’s poetry won the 2019 International Griffin Poetry Prize and the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry.
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Samanta Schweblin is the 2022 National Book Award for Translated Literature winner for her latest story collection, Seven Empty Houses. Her debut novel, Fever Dream, was a finalist for the International Booker Prize, and her novel Little Eyes and story collection A Mouthful of Birds have been longlisted for the same prize. She received in 2022 the famed El Premio Iberoamericano de las Letras Jose Donoso to her artistic trajectory, establishing her as one of the luminaries of contemporary literature. Her books have been translated into over forty languages, and her work has appeared in English in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Harper’s Magazine, Electric Literature, and others. Her forthcoming short story collection Good & Evil and Other Stories (Knopf) will be published in September 2025. Originally from Buenos Aires, Schweblin lives in Berlin.
Admission & Details
The reading is free and open to the public; no tickets required.
Directions
Get directions to Labyrinth Bookstore, located at 122 Nassau Street in Princeton.
Accessibility
Labyrinth Books is an accessible venue. Visit our Venues and Studios section for accessibility information at our various locations. Guests in need of access accommodations are invited to contact the Lewis Center at 609-258-5262 or email LewisCenter@princeton.edu at least one week in advance of the event date.
