Born in Korea and raised in East Africa, Melanie Hyo-In Han recently moved from Boston to Seoul. She has received awards from “Boston in 100 Words,” Valiant Scribe, Constellations, The Lyric Magazine, and elsewhere. Han is the author of Sandpaper Tongue, Parchment Lips (Finishing Line Press) and the translator of several collections of Spanish poetry (Hebel Ediciones). She holds an MFA in Creative Writing (Poetry and Translation) from Emerson College where she taught in the Writing Studies Program and served as an ELL Consultant. Currently, Han is the Co-Editor-in-Chief at Flora Fiction and teaches English, Spanish, and Creative Writing.

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Read an earlier version of Han’s "Holding On" here

Read more of Han's poetry here

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