Abode Press is thrilled to be the publisher of the 2024-2025 Austin Youth Poet Laureate, Ella Kim, and her poetry chapbook Vanities.
About Ella Kim: Ella Yuna Kim, a senior at St. Stephen's Episcopal School, is the 2024-2025 Austin Youth Poet Laureate. At St. Stephen's, Ella has been editor and graphic designer for The Bell, the school’s newspaper, and involved in theater, acting in numerous plays and musicals. She recently won First Prize in Princeton University’s Lewis Center of the Arts Ten-Minute Play contest. She will be attending Yale in the Fall.
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Editor: Bianca Alyssa Pérez, Austin Youth Poet Laureate
Book Design: Diamond Braxton
Cover Design: Bianca Alyssa Perez
Cover Image: "Details of Faces" by Jean Lapautre, ca. 1690
Austin Youth Poet Laureate Judges Committee
Katrina Brooks, Jennifer Chang, Kathleen Houlihan, Amanda Johnston, Katherine Lamb, Cecily Parks, Leticia Urieta
Mentors
Bianca Alyssa Pérez and Darrell Limuel
Learn more about the Austin Youth Poet Laureate Program here: https://austinlibrary.org/austin-youth-poet-laureate/