“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, @neaarts 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 @mnopera 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, found at the link in our bio. #NEABigRead #ArtsMidwest