An Asian-American Voice in Poetry

Calista Ogburn is a Korean and Vietnamese American author of two poetry collections published on Amazon. She graduated from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County with a major in Public Health and a minor in Asian Studies. She has studied at International high schools overseas which has given her a global perspective. She reaches her readers by sharing her feelings and experiences through poetry. She focuses her poems on the Asian-American identity and more recently, the Anti-Asian hate crimes that rose during the pandemic. Her poems also include themes of gender oppression, body image, and building the foundation of self-worth. 

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