Linda Kong is a poet who is fascinated by apocalypses. In her poetry, she often explores girlhood, diasporic identity, and human responses to momentous change. A Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee, her work has been recognized in the 2024 Ralph Munn Creative Writing Anthology and the Ligonier Valley Writers Student Poetry Contest. Outside of writing, Linda is a co-editor-in-chief of her high school’s literary magazine and plays violin in the Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra.