Esther Lin

Esther Lin is an undocumented poet and the author of Cold Thief Place (Alice James Books, 2025) and The Ghost Wife (Poetry Society of America, 2018).

A co-organizer of Undocupoets, Lin’s work has been supported by Cité Internationale, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Stanford University, the Poetry Society of America, and Poets House, among other organizations. She lives in Seattle.