Cynthia Dewi Oka

Cynthia Dewi Oka is the author of four poetry collections: A Tinderbox in Three Acts (Boa Editions, 2022); Fire Is Not a Country (Northwestern University Press, 2021); Salvage (Northwestern University Press, 2017); and Nomad of Salt and Hard Water (Thread Makes Blanket Press, 2016). 

Oka has taught creative writing at Bryn Mawr College, New Mexico State University, and The Writers’ Program at UCLA Extension. She is a member of the Sanctuary Advocate Coalition, which works to expand sanctuary in vision and practice through the framework of Black-brown unity. 

Oka lives in Los Angeles.