Mina Khan is a first-gen Pakistani-Korean American. They write into the confusion of violence and tenderness, as well as the only intersection of their countries: NYC bodegas. They are the author of the chapbook, Mon—monuments, monarchs & monsters (Sputnik & Fizzle, 2020), and are published or forthcoming in the Berkeley Poetry Review, One Minute Press, Lammergeier, and more. They are a current MFA candidate at Columbia University.