Cynthia Dewi Oka

An Asian woman with one side of her long hair shaved is standing in front of bamboo trees
Photo by Jose Quintana

Cynthia Dewi Oka is the author of Fire Is Not a Country (Northwestern University Press, 2021), Salvage: Poems (Northwestern University Press, 2017), and Nomad of Salt and Hard Water (Thread Makes Blanket, 2016). Originally from Bali, Indonesia, she is currently based in New Jersey.