Esther Ra

Esther Ra is a bilingual writer and illustrator from Seoul. 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 BoulevardRattleTwyckenham NotesThe RumpusBellingham ReviewThe Korea Times, and Border Crossing, among others. She has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Pushcart Prize and the 49th Parallel Award. In writing, as in life, Esther is deeply interested in the quiet beauty of the ordinary.

Prize anthology mentions

Pushcart (Poetry) 2021

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