✧ Sarah Yanni is a Mexican-Egyptian writer + editor in Los Angeles ✧ She is the author of Hard Crush (Wonder Press, 2024) and ternura / tenderness (Bottlecap Press, 2019) ✧ A Best of the Net nominee, her work can be found in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Pleaides, Mizna, Nat Brut, Wildness, Altadena Poetry Review, + elsewhere ✧ She has received support from the LA Department of Cultural Affairs, Tin House, Community of Writers, and The REEF, and was a Finalist for BOMB Magazine’s Poetry Contest, Kelsey Street Press’ QTBIPOC Book Prize, the Hayden’s Ferry Review Inaugural Poetry Contest, + the Letras Latinas Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize, among others ✧ She has presented both creative / critical work at programs + conferences with The Brooklyn Rail, Poetic Research Bureau, HASTAC, Cultural Studies Association, UC Davis, CalArts, the Philosophical Research Society, dublab, + the Circa Queer Histories Festival ✧ Formerly, she was co-Founding Editor of Lola Goes By Tom, Reviews Editor at Full Stop, Managing Editor of TQR + Poetry Editor of The Dry River ✧ She holds an MFA from CalArts ✧