Chiwan Choi @ Piper Center - Thu April 10th

I am honored to be hosting my friend Chiwan Choi for a reading and Q&A at the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing on the Tempe campus of Arizona State University on Thursday, April 10th, 2025 at 6:00pm.  Sean Avery Medlin opens the evening!

Choi is a poet, writer, and publisher, the author of four full-length poetry collections—including The Flood (Tia Chucha Press) and the Daughter Trilogy—as well as multiple chapbooks. Choi’s work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Poem-A-Day, Esquire, and numerous literary journals and anthologies, and has been featured by KCET, LA Weekly, and Cosmonaut Magazine. Choi is a partner at Writ Large Press and the Editor at Cultural Daily.

Sean Avery Medlin is a writer, musician, and performer whose work explores Black masculinity, media (mis)representation, and personal narrative. A Hip-Hop and gaming enthusiast, they guide artistic and cultural initiatives across Arizona while teaching creative writing. Their work has appeared in Teen Vogue, Afropunk, Blavity, Los Angeles Review of Books, and more. Medlin’s Hip-Hop play and album, skinnyblk, and their debut essay and poetry collection, 808s & Otherworlds (Two Dollar Radio), are available online.

The Piper Writers House at Arizona State University is a center for literary arts and creative writing, hosting workshops, readings, and community programs that support writers at all stages of their careers. Home to the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing, the historic house fosters a vibrant literary community through innovative programming, visiting writer series, and educational initiatives that connect ASU with the wider literary world.