Esther
is a writer +
a native New Yorker + cultural worker

김윤경 재미교포 작가
韓裔美國作者。

She is also a Fulbright scholar in Creative Arts, Vermont Studio Center Writer-in-Residence, and author.

She’s at work on a book about Koreans foraging namul. This writing project developed from two courses with full scholarships, first a Sterling College (USA) Food and Environmental Writing Workshop under Joe Fassler and a Granta (UK) Nature Writing Workshop under Jessica J. Lee.

You can find her writing on books and foods in national outlets like The Guardian, The Nation, The Korea Times, and Modern Farmer, among many others. She also edits and writes copy for clients such as alexanderwang, Talent Taiwan, and The New Yorker’s Branded Content Studio.

Previously, she was the Digital Communications Manager of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, a literary nonprofit and cultural cornerstone of NYC. She started as an editor of their award-winning magazine The Margins, curated “Monsoon Notebook,” and produced hundreds of stories, promoting writing from and about the Asian diaspora.

She started with a career in books, moving from academic publishing to a major trade literary press to a start-up publisher focused on translations. Finally, she founded a micropress of her own in 2026… Its ethos is decidedly small with a focus on stewardship, rather than scaling.

Born and raised in New York, Esther is a traveler and heirloom bean enthusiast. She regularly volunteered with New York City’s Girls Write Now, the very mentorship scheme that nurtured her teenage ambitions, and she loves to eat the day deliberately with friends and family. She now divides her time among Taiwan, New York, and Seoul with her longtime partner and the odd gecko. 🦎

Deep Cuts

BA from Wellesley College, an MSc from the University of Edinburgh, and an MA from SOAS, the University of London

Research interests include ecology and war; cultural history; media studies

Artist interests include infrastructure, maintenance, and process as well as migration and memory, particularly its loss, fragmentation, unreliability

Languages: English, Korean 한국어, Mandarin 中文, Spanish Español

Professional Affiliations: National Writers’ Union; National Book Critics Circle; Study Hall