Cathy Linh Che is the daughter of Vietnam War refugees. She is the author of Split, winner of the Kundiman Poetry Prize, the Norma Farber First Book Award from the Poetry Society of America, and the Best Poetry Book Award from the Association of Asian American Studies. Her work has been published in New Republic, Nation, McSweeney's, and Poetry. She serves as Executive Director at Kundiman and lives on the traditional lands of the Lenape people.
Kyle Lucia Wu was born and raised in a small town in New Jersey. She is the author of
Win Me Something, an
NPR Best Book of the Year. A former Asian American Writers' Workshop Margins Fellow, her work has been published in
Literary Hub,
Joyland Magazine,
Catapult, and
BOMB Magazine. She is the Managing Director of Kundiman and teaches creative writing at Fordham University and The New School.
Kavita Ramchandran is a professional graphic designer who made her debut as a self-taught picture book illustrator with
Dancing in Thatha's Footsteps (Yali Books, 2021).