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Views presents: Hai-Dang Phan Reading and Q&A

Wednesday, February 18, 2026 7:00pm to 8:00pm
English-Philosophy Building

Poet, translator, and essayist Hai-Dang Phan is the author of the poetry collection Reenactments (Sarabande, 2019) and the translator of Phan Nhiên Hạo’s selected volume of poems, Paper Bells (The Song Cave, 2020). Phan has taught at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and is currently an Associate Professor of English at Grinnell College.

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