I love to bring people together, flexing my creative muscles as a curator celebrating writers of color and independent publishers, and all-around literary hype woman.

I’ve worked for over a decade in the arts and culture nonprofit world in New York City, including at the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, PEN America, the Guggenheim Museum, and more.

Currently, I’m a co-Chair of the International Literature Committee at the Brooklyn Book Festival, a member of the curatorial committee for the 2024 PEN America World Voices Festival, and directing programs at the nonprofit Singapore Unbound. I’m also a member of the Starlings Collective, a group of BIPOC adoptee writers dedicated to uplifting adoptee voices.

This spring, I’ll graduate with an MFA in Fiction from the low-residency program at the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA), where I’m working on a short story collection about adoption and the griefs and joys the land holds, and blooming amidst the warmth of Indigenous solidarity.

I’m an Andean, Indigenous, transracial and transnational adoptee, born in Santiago, Chile, and based in Brooklyn, New York. I’d love to talk to you about writing, Andean and Indigenous futurisms, exploring South America, the transracial adoptee experience, and/or books.

I’m currently taking on freelance curation and writing projects! You can get in touch at lilyphilpott[at]gmail[dot]com, or on Instagram @lilyphilpott. 🫶🏽