About

Jingyu Li (李静雨) is a poet and translator born in Beijing, China. She immigrated to the states at the age of three and grew up in Wyoming. She studied computer science and mathematics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is currently pursuing her MFA in poetry at The University of Texas at Austin. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Best New Poets, The Adroit Journal, The Margins, Sundog Lit, Rust & Moth, and others. She has been supported by Willapa Bay Artist Residency, Tin House, and Bread Loaf Writers Conference. She has two small kittens and a metaphysical dog named Doug. Her favorite food is hotpot which she eats on a weekly basis.