Book Launch Party

Join us as we celebrate the release of Jiwon Choi's latest book of poems, 'A Temporary Dwelling.' There will be a short reading alongside a viewing of Barbara Friedman's painting which was adapted for the book's cover art. Wine & small snacks served. Copies of the book will be available for purchase on-site. 'A Temporary Dwelling' can also be pre-ordered through Spuyten Duyvil's website using the link above. See you there! Bring a friend! **What People Are Saying** "Jiwon Choi’s searing, darkly humorous, and important new poetry collection, A Temporary Dwelling, pulls no punches. This book probes the limits of utopia, exploding the myth of the American Dream. Choi questions such complex notions as nation, truth, body, race, gender and genre, and in doing so she offers blueprints for our collective survival: by staying, by looking, by writing, by eating, by living, by laughing, by loving anyway, “by savoring the unruly honeysuckle eating all the bread and drinking all the wine.” ––Caroline Hagood "Jiwon Choi doesn’t hold back when it comes to the outer life we all deal with, or the inner life with its particular wrenchings and beauties. Her tough-minded, original poems—and her wonderful eye for detail—remind us that poems can be haunting whether they focus on chronic problems in our society or the death of someone close—or the kind of white bread 'that reminds you of flesh off the backside or that resides inner thigh.' A Temporary Dwelling is an impressive and inspiring book." —Charles North **About Jiwon Choi** Jiwon Choi is a poet, early childhood educator, and urban gardener. She is the author of two poetry collections, One Daughter is Worth Ten Sons and I Used To Be Korean. Choi started her community garden’s first poetry reading series, Poets Read in the Garden, during the early Covid years to support local writers. You can find out more about her at iusedtobekorean.com.