Of Pangasinan, Ilokano, and Telugu descent, Hari Alluri (he/siya) is a poet, editor, and teaching artist who lives on unceded T’uubaa-asatx land and unceded Coast Salish territories of Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples, and is energized by and hopes to energize community and collaboration on these lands and beyond. Free Palestine. Author of The Flayed City (Kaya Press, 2017) and chapbook Our Echo of Sudden Mercy (Next Page Press, 2022), his work can be found in anthologies, journals, and online. Siya is a recipient of the Vera Manuel Award for Poetry, grants from BC Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, and other honours.