In a poem about how a small moment can help you make a wise decision, Eugenia Leigh finds the strength to go back home after storming out. No self-pity in the poem, just humor and brilliance. She had every reason to leave, and finds every reason to return. Eugenia Leigh is a Korean American poet and the author of two collections of poetry, <a href="https://onbeing.org/programs/eugenia-leigh-how-the-dung-beetle-finds-its-way-home/#media" target="_blank">Bianca</a> (Four Way Books, 2023) and Blood, <a href="https://onbeing.org/programs/eugenia-leigh-how-the-dung-beetle-finds-its-way-home/#media" target="_blank">Sparrows and Sparrows</a> (2014), winner of the Late Night Library's 2015 Debut-litzer Prize in Poetry, as well as a finalist for both the National Poetry Series and the Yale Series of Younger Poets. She currently serves as a poetry editor at The Adroit Journal and as the Valentines Editor at Honey Literary, a BIPOC-focused literary journal and literary arts organization.<a href="https://onbeing.org/programs/eugenia-leigh-how-the-dung-beetle-finds-its-way-home/#transcript">Find the transcript</a> for this show at onbeing.org.We’re pleased to offer <a href="http://how-the-dung-beetle-finds-its-way-home">Eugenia Leigh’s poem</a>, and invite you to read <a href="https://poetryunbound.substack.com">Pádraig’s weekly Poetry Unbound Substack</a>, read <a href="https://linktr.ee/poetryunbound">the Poetry Unbound book</a>, or <a href="http://onbeing.org/series/poetry-unbound/">listen back to all our episodes</a>.

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Eugenia Leigh — How the Dung Beetle Finds Its Way Home

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