Anne Ishii

About Anne:
I am a writer and musician based in Philadelphia+New York and the executive director of Asian Arts Initiative.

You can find me on Twitter, Instagram and subscribe to my newsletter on Substack.

I went to UC Santa Cruz and studied enough French to last me a lifetime before moving to France for a couple years and deciding I didn’t want to spend a lifetime there.

I went to Columbia University to get a Masters Degree in Japanese Literature before deciding I wanted to sell Japanese literature, not write about it.

I am the Board Co-Chair of the Asian American Writers Workshop and serve on multiple commissions serving the City of Philadelphia on behalf of the Arts sector and the Asian American community.

I am in a band called TOTALLY AUTOMATIC. We are a stream of absurdities. One day the bandcamp page will be full of stuff.