Los Angeles Poet Will Celebrate His Birthday as Mall of America's Writer-in-Residence

Brian Sonia-Wallace is the winner of the mall's 25th anniversary special contest

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The Mall of America didn’t realize this at first when they considered Brian Sonia-Wallace for the sprawling complex’s 25th anniversary writer-in-residence contest. But the Los Angeles-based poet is most uniquely qualified for this sort of work.

Sonia-Wallace (pictured) is a 2016-17 Amtrak writer-in-residence and has also done residencies with the City of Los Angeles, the U.S. National Parks system, Dollar Shave Club and L.A.’s ArtsWork Theater. Refrains, trains and automobiles, if you will.

Wallace will serve as MOA writer-in-residence June 14-18, which overlaps with his June 17 birthday.

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