Brynn Saito is a fourth generation Japanese American and Korean American author of two books of poetry, Power Made Us Swoon and The Palace of Contemplating Departure.
She is also the winner of the Benjamin Saltman Award and a finalist for the Northern California Book Award. She holds degrees in creative writing, religious studies and philosophy and has been a visiting writer in the MFA programs at several universities.
She co-founded the Yonsei Memory Project, an endeavor which awakens the archives of Japanese American history through arts-based, intergenerational, and intercultural public programming. Brynn's work has appeared in the New York Times, Vogue, and the American Poetry Review and she is a two-time recipient of the California State Library’s Civil Liberties Public Education grant.
Her work was recently featured in the opening ceremony for The People’s Inauguration, a 10-day event inspiring collective action led by activist Valarie Kaur. Her third book of poetry will be published in the fall of 2023.
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