# @americancomposersforum on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CnxNcOryenm
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/3892252-americancomposersforum-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-01-23T19:10:46.000+00:00

## Caption

“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. 

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