We capture little moments of friendship, revelation, beauty, and stillness while exploring the brief and transformative form of haikus.
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Katie Song
(she/hers) Mentor
Katie Song is a journalist and storyteller based in New York, NY. Korean-American and born and raised in Los Angeles, she is the founder of the activist student organization #ExpressiveAsians, where she sought to reclaim Asian American narratives through event programming. Katie is also graduate of Northwestern University, where she received her B.S. from the Medill School of Journalism, as well as an alumna of the Columbia University Publishing Course. She has worked for the WNYC podcast Snap Judgment and written for Variety, Metacritic, and TV Insider, where she currently works as their Web Producer.
Favorite Authors & Artists
My top three authors are R.F. Kuang, Dolly Alderton, and Bell Hooks!
Artist‘s Statement
As a firm believer in the power of seeing yourself in stories, I always strive to work with and write for other artists and storytellers of color. My priorities as a writer will always be to uplift and diversify the stories we value and give attention to as a culture.