Choi, Franny

is a Korean-American poet, playwright, and fiction writer. A Pushcart Prize nominee and award-winning performer, she has been invited to read at schools, festivals, and performance venues across the country. Her words have appeared in Fringe, Angry Asian Man, Apogee, Tandem, Issues, and others. Her play Mask Dances was staged in the 2011 Writing is Live Festival at the historic Rites and Reason Theatre. When she isn't writing, performing, and teaching poetry, Franny stays active in the grassroots movement for racial and economic justice in Providence, Rhode Island.