Ashna Ali is a queer, disabled, diasporic Bangladeshi, and Best of the Net–nominated poet and writer raised in Italy and based in Brooklyn. They are the author of the chapbook The Relativity of Living Well (The Operating System, 2022), and their work has appeared or is forthcoming from Indiana Review, Sundog Lit, Nat. Brut, Zoeglossia, and more. They hold a PhD in Comparative Literature from The Graduate Center, CUNY, and are a 2023 fellow in Shira Erlichman’s In Surreal Life program. IG: @doctordushtu | Substack: www.painbaby.substack.com | Website: www.ashnaali.com