Monica Youn is the author of four poetry collections, most recently FROM FROM (Graywolf Press 2023), which was awarded the Anisfield-Wolf Award and was a New York Times Notable Book and Best Poetry Book of 2023, and a Time, NPR, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, and Electric Literature Best Book of 2023. Her books have twice been finalists for the National Book Award. Her awards include the Levinson Prize from the Poetry Foundation, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a Stegner Fellowship. A former constitutional lawyer, she is a professor of English at UC Irvine and is president of the board of Poets House.

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The 2025 Elizabeth Bishop lecture is made possible through a gift by Priscilla H. Rockwell and H.P. Davis Rockwell, and by the English Department.