Ed Bok Lee is a poet and writer. He is the author of three books of poetry, including Mitochondrial Night (2019), Whorled, the recipient of a 2012 American Book Award and a 2012 Minnesota Book Award in Poetry, and Real Karaoke People (New Rivers Press), the recipient of a 2006 PEN Open Book Award and a 2006 Asian American Literary Award (Members’ Choice Award).
Lee studied at the University of Minnesota, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University in Kazakhstan, Indiana University, and the University of California, Berkeley. He later received a MFA from Brown University.
He teaches part-time at Metropolitan State University.