Reading of ECDYSIS: CACOPHONY OF SKINS (Fourteen Poems)

Dena Igusti is an Indonesian Muslim writer and FGC survivor born and raised in Queens, New York. They are the author of ECDYSIS: CACOPHONY OF SKINS (Fourteen Poems) and CUT WOMAN (Game Over Books, 2020), which has been listed as a 2022 Perennial Award Winner, 2020 Harvard Bookstore Staff Pick, and Entropy Mag’s Best Of 2020-2021. They are the Inaugural 2023 NYFA Ryan Hudak Playwright Award Winner. 

Their work has been featured in BOAAT Press, Peregrine Journal, The Margins, and other publications. Their work has been produced and performed at LA Times, HERE Arts, The Brooklyn Museum, The Apollo Theater, Women Deliver, the 2018 Teen Vogue Summit, Players Theatre, The Public, and more. They have been featured in Business Insider, Teen Vogue, American Theatre Magazine, and more. They are a More Art Engaging Artist Fellow, NYSCA Grant Recipient, Asian American Writers’ Workshop Open City Fellow, Baldwin for the Arts Resident, Best of the Net Nominee, and more. They have been commissioned by The Miranda Family Fund.