“I am looking to present what is true of my home for the world and I don’t care whether you agree or disagree. It is your deeper understanding that I am looking for. It is the pulse of your humanity I am looking to feel.” Hosted by ACF Board Member Lee Bynum, National Endowment for the Arts Study Group No. 2 featured Minnesota author and Hmong-American, Kao Kalia Yang, and Minnesota-based composer Jocelyn Hagen. The trio discussed Yang’s book, The Song Poet, as well as Yang and Hagen’s upcoming opera based on the book, to be presented by Minnesota Opera this spring. The conversation will be live premiered on ACF’s YouTube channel Tuesday, January 24 at 4 p.m. CT. Get a notification for the live premiere by hitting the "notify me" button on the video page: youtube.com/watch?v=w7oWYa9dsc4&ab_channel=AmericanComposersForum #NEABigRead #ArtsMidwest