About the Author

Hieu Nguyen is a poet and performer from St. Paul, MN. He has represented Minneapolis/St. Paul at the National Poetry Slam, where his team ranked 5th in the nation in 2011, and at the Brave New Voices festival. He also co-coached the 2011 University of Minnesota poetry slam team and the 2010 Minneapolis/Saint Paul youth slam team. Hieu's work has been featured in publications such as PANK, decomP Magazine, andThe Legendary.