王潇 is the author of Slow Burn (Northwestern University Press, 2026), winner of the Drinking Gourd Poetry Prize, and the 9th Northeast Regional Youth Poet Laureate of the United States. His work appears in POETRY Magazine, The Kenyon Review, The Harvard Advocate, and elsewhere, and has been recognized by The White House, Button Poetry, NPR, TEDx, and more. Evan has earned invitations to perform at The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Smithsonian Institution and is the winner of the 2024 Fugue Poetry Prize, selected by Divya Victor.