Kelly Puig is a Cuban-American writer and interdisciplinary artist. She holds an MFA in Fiction from Brown University’s Literary Arts Program where she was the recipient of the Weston Prize for best graduate work in addition to the Frances Mason Harris Prize for best manuscript of poetry or prose fiction written by a woman. While at Brown, she pursued interdisciplinary coursework at Rhode Island School of Design.
Kelly’s cross-genre debut, The Book of Embers, was selected by Amaranth Borsuk for the 2022 Essay Press Book Prize. It will be published as traditional book object by Essay Press in Fall 2025 in conjunction with its release as an artist book rendering. A stand-alone photo-documentary project based on an excerpt from the book recently appeared in Tupelo Quarterly. Excerpts have also been published in A Mouth Holds Many Things: A De-Canon Hybrid Literary Collection by Fonograf Editions and Hyena by HEXENTEXTE. Her poetry and fiction have appeared in Denver Quarterly, Witness, The Columbia Review, and elsewhere.
As Creative Director, Kelly co-founded Literati, a VC-backed book club platform. She lives in Boulder, Colorado.
Her unofficial bio may be more telling as a conduit of truth.
