Ploi Pirapokin

Ploi Pirapokin is a board member for multiple literary and cultural organizations, including Khōréō magazine, Hivemind: Global Speculative Fiction Magazine, Kearny Street Workshop, the Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference, and the Ragdale Foundation. Her writing, featured in various publications such as Tor.com, Pleiades, Ninth Letter, and more, delves into speculative fiction and lyric essays to examine themes like postcolonial poetics, Asian imperialism, and racial class divides. With an extensive educational background that includes an MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University, Ploi is deeply entrenched in the literary world as she teaches at renowned institutions like UCLA Extension and the University of Hong Kong.