Poet And His Typewriter Take Up Residency At Mall Of America

The Mall of America has 520 stores, 18,000 parking spaces, shark tanks and amusement park rides. Starting today, it also has a poet.

Twenty-seven-year-old Brian Sonia-Wallace beat out 4,000 others for a shot at the Mall of America writer in residence position, celebrating the Bloomington, Minnesota, mall’s 25th birthday.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young talks with Sonia-Wallace (@RentPoet) about the unusual residency, and what he intends to do.

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