Mark Kyungsoo Bias is a recipient of the 2022 Joseph Langland Poetry Prize, the 2020 William Matthews Poetry Prize, and a semi-finalist for the 92Y Discovery Prize. Recent publications include Academy of American Poets, The Adroit Journal, Best New Poets, Hayden's Ferry Review, The Los Angeles Review, and PANK, among others. A 2021 Tin House Scholar, he has received support from Kundiman and his MFA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst where he was a REAL Fellow. He currently lives in Korea.