Ashna Ali is a queer, disabled, and diasporic Bangladeshi poet based in Brooklyn and raised in Italy. They are the author of The Relativity of Living Well (Bone Bouquet, 2024) and the Substack, PAIN BABY. Their work is forthcoming or featured in Nat. Brut, Indiana Review, Zoeglossia, and beyond. They hold a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from The Graduate Center, City University of New York, and are currently earning their MFA in the low-residency Creative Writing department at Randolph College. A Best-of-the-Net nominated poet, they serve as poetry editor at Epiphany Magazine and co-editor of Dead End Zine with Hunter Hodkinson.

IG: @doctordushtu | Substack: www.painbaby.substack.com | Website: www. ashnaali.com