Franny Choi

Choi has released two poetry and prose collections, Soft Science (Alice James Books, 2019) and Floating, Brilliant, Gone (Write Bloody Publishing, 2014). Death by Sex Machine (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2017) is her only published chapbook thus far. Her work has been published by magazines and collectives including Poetry magazine, The Huffington Post, American Poetry Review, the New England Review, Ms. Magazine, and Angry Asian Man.

Franny Choi (born February 11, 1989) is a Korean-American queer writer and poet. She has published many poems focusing on social activism and equality. Her poetry has won awards and has been highlighted in many journals and magazines. She has competed in many slam poetry competitions, where she became increasingly known as a poet. Choi is also known for writing poetry for the rapper Lil Wayne.

Choi was born on February 11, 1989. She resides in Providence, Rhode Island where she heads the local poetry slam community. Her fascination with poetry began when she was in the third or fourth grade. She enjoyed the action of ordering words together in such a way that they provided profound meaning. As her love for poetry grew, she began to identify and to use poetry as a means of coping with real life experiences. In high school, Choi was introduced to poet Allen Ginsberg and fell in love with poetry’s spoken form. In college, she joined a group for marginalized spoken poets, called WORD!, which was her introduction to the world of slam poetry.