The Donald Windham Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (2018) Winner
Cathy Park Hong
キャシー・パーク・ホン
Kyashī Pāku Hon
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Writer, Professor
- Active Years
- 2000-
- Affiliations
- Sarah Lawrence College (faculty), Rutgers University (faculty), UC Berkeley (faculty), The New Republic (poetry editor)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oberlin College | — | — | BA | — | United States |
| University of Iowa (Iowa Writers' Workshop) | — | — | MFA | — | United States |
Oberlin College
Degree:
BA
Country:
United States
University of Iowa (Iowa Writers' Workshop)
Degree:
MFA
Country:
United States
MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Pushcart Prize | Translating Mo'um | — | Pushcart Press | winner |
| 2006 | Barnard Women Poets Prize | Dance Dance Revolution | — | Barnard College | winner |
| 2018 | Windham–Campbell Literature Prize (Poetry) | — | Poetry | Yale University (Windham–Campbell Prizes) | winner |
| 2020 | National Book Critics Circle Award (Autobiography) | Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning | Autobiography | National Book Critics Circle | winner |
| 2021 | Pulitzer Prize (Finalist) | Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning | — | The Pulitzer Prizes | finalist |
| — | MacDowell Colony Fellowship | — | — | MacDowell | fellowship |
| — | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | fellowship |
| — | Fulbright Fellowship | — | — | Fulbright Program | fellowship |
| — | National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship | — | — | National Endowment for the Arts | fellowship |
| — | New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship | — | — | New York Foundation for the Arts | fellowship |
Pushcart Prize
2002
Work:
Translating Mo'um
Organization:
Pushcart Press
Result:
winner
Barnard Women Poets Prize
2006
Work:
Dance Dance Revolution
Organization:
Barnard College
Result:
winner
Windham–Campbell Literature Prize (Poetry)
2018
Category:
Poetry
Organization:
Yale University (Windham–Campbell Prizes)
Result:
winner
National Book Critics Circle Award (Autobiography)
2020
Work:
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
Category:
Autobiography
Organization:
National Book Critics Circle
Result:
winner
Pulitzer Prize (Finalist)
2021
Work:
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
Organization:
The Pulitzer Prizes
Result:
finalist
MacDowell Colony Fellowship
Organization:
MacDowell
Result:
fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowship
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
fellowship
Fulbright Fellowship
Organization:
Fulbright Program
Result:
fellowship
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
Organization:
National Endowment for the Arts
Result:
fellowship
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship
Organization:
New York Foundation for the Arts
Result:
fellowship
Awards & Nominations
American Book Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 42 (2021) Winner
Works
Major Works
Translating Mo'um
2002 PoetryAn early poetry collection marked by linguistic play and oral qualities that foreshadow Hong's later experimental work.
language experimentationimmigrant experiencepersonal memory
Dance Dance Revolution
2007 Poetry / Serialized narrativeSet in an imagined 'Desert', the collection uses code-switching and mixed languages across a serialized narrative to explore language and identity.
code-switchingmixed languagehistory and trauma
Engine Empire
2012 PoetryAn experimental collection engaging themes of technology and the mechanics of the city, exploring modernity and machine-human relations.
technologythe citysubjectivity
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
2020 Memoir / NonfictionA seven-essay collection that examines racialized experiences and emotional complexity of being Asian American, blending memoir and cultural criticism.
raceidentityAsian American experience
Adaptations
- [Television series (in development)] Minor Feelings (in development)
Bibliography
- Translating Mo'um, Hanging Loose Press, 2002
- Dance Dance Revolution, W. W. Norton, 2007
- Engine Empire: Poems, W. W. Norton & Company, 2012
- Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning, One World, 2020
Adaptations
- Reported TV adaptation of Minor Feelings (Greta Lee and A24)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- use of mixed language (code-switching)experimental, fragmented poetic formsblurring boundaries between narrative and poem
- Recurring Motifs
- language and identityimmigrant/diaspora experiencehistory and trauma
Legacy
An important voice in contemporary American poetry and Asian American cultural criticism. Her experimental language use and social critique have had broad influence; Minor Feelings received significant recognition and acclaim.
Academic Societies
- Recognized by the Academy of American Poets
In Popular Culture
- Included in Time's 2021 'Time 100' list
- Reported development of a TV adaptation of Minor Feelings
Quotes
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What are ways in which the poetic praxis can be a ritual for social experimentation? How many ways can we change the poem as a public encounter?
Source: Interview / summary (quoted) (2018)
Trivia
- Named to Time's 'Time 100' list in 2021.
- Has taught creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College, Rutgers University, and UC Berkeley.
- Served as poetry editor for The New Republic.