Sekyo Nam Haines

Born in South Korea, Sekyo Nam Haines immigrated to the U.S. in 1973 as a registered nurse. She studied American literature and writing at Goddard College ADP and poetry with the late Ottone M. Riccio in Boston, MA. Her first book, Bitter Seasons’ Whip: The Translated Poems of Lee Yuk Sa was published in April 2022 (Tolsun Books). Her original poems have appeared in the anthologies Do Not Give Me Things Unbroken, Unlocking The Poem, and Beyond Words; and elsewhere. Her translations of Korean poetry have appeared in Asymptote’s Tuesday blog, Tupelo Quarterly. The Harvard Review, The Massachusetts Review and elsewhere.