❓ You also tragically lost your mother just before you graduated. How did that change you? 🎙 "...Her death has had a profound effect on me. She always wanted me to publish a book so I’ve been trying to really focus this summer on seeing if I can get the book finished. Hopefully I will publish the book and be recognized in the real world as a poet." We speak with @bkcollegealumni Monique Ngozi Nri ’21, @cunyedge director, recent M.F.A. graduate, and unofficial poet laureate of Brooklyn College on how the pandemic and a random question about an English Department Open House forever changed her life. 👆 Tap the link in our bio for our conversation with Monique Ngozi Nri ’21. 🔗 brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/news/bcnews/bcnews_220909.php 📷 @craigstokle