Mia You reads
Mia You (1980) was born in South Korea, grew up in the United States, and now lives in Utrecht. She is a poet, translator, and essayist. Her debut collection I, Too, Dislike It was published in 2016 by 1913 Press. Her work lies at the intersection of poetry, art criticism, and the essay and has been published in De Gids, Artforum, Boston Review, and the Los Angeles Review of Books, among others. In addition to her own work, she translates poetry and literature from Korean into English. She teaches at Utrecht University and at the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam. Festival is her second collection, and the first to be published in Dutch translation (Uitgeverij Chaos).

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