November 9, 2011, Wednesday - Reading and Open Mic: Literature and Transnational Adoption at The Loft

Time: 7:00pm

Location:  The Loft, 1011 Washington Avenue South

Reading and Open Mic: Literature and Transnational Adoption -- Lee Herrick

Come for an evening of poetry featuring Lee Herrick, followed by an open mic. For those interested in participating in the open mic, please sign up the night of the event. Each participant will have 3-5 minutes to read.

Lee Herrick was born in Daejeon, South Korea and adopted at ten months old. He is the author of This Many Miles from Desire (Word Tech Editions, 2007) and has recently completed his second book manuscript, Gardening Secrets of the Dead. His poems have been published in The Bloomsbury Review, Berkeley Poetry Review, ZYZZYVA, among others, and in anthologies such as Highway 99: A Literary Journey through California’s Great Central Valley, 2nd Edition; Seeds from a Silent Tree: Writing by Korean Adoptees; and The Place That Inhabits Us: Poems from the San Francisco Bay Watershed. He is also the editor of New Truths: Writing in the 21st Century by Korean Adoptees. He lives in Fresno, California, where he teaches at Fresno City College. Cosponsored by Adoptees Have Answers (AHA) and Adopted Korean Connection.