Esther Ra

Esther Ra is a bilingual writer and illustrator from Seoul, South Korea. She is the author of book of untranslatable things (Grayson Books, 2018) and the founding editor of The Underwater Railroad, a literary reunification project. Her work has also been published in Boulevard, Rattle, Twyckenham Notes, The Rumpus, Bellingham Review, and Korea Times, among others. She has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Pushcart Prize, 49th Parallel Award for Poetry, Vineyard Literary Award, and Sweet Lit Poetry Award. In writing, as in life, she is interested in the quiet beauty of the ordinary.