Valerie Hsiung is a talented poet, curator, and writer who has been featured in publications such as The Nation, Denver Quarterly, and PEN Poetry Series. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Brown University and has worked as a Curator at Tawkify, a matchmaking startup founded by E. Jean Carroll. Hsiung is also the former Curator of 9Lives, where she led programming and provided a space for cultural dialogue between artists and audiences. Her third full-length collection of poetry, e f g, was published by Action Books in 2016 and became a small-press bestseller the following year.