Florida Is a Place on Earth

Siew Hii (they/them) is the author of Entered Some Aliens (University of Wisconsin Press, forthcoming). Their prose and poetry have appeared in Story, Georgia Review, Electric Lit, AGNI, New Orleans Review, and elsewhere. Originally from Mobile, Alabama, Hii now lives in Orlando, where they teach creative writing at the University of Central Florida. Their parents hail from Sibu, Malaysia, and Kentucky, USA. (updated 10/2025)