Vriddhi Vinay (she/they/he) is a poet and student of South Indian background from the Philadelphia area. Their research interests include gender justice, post-colonial studies, and archiving South Asian women’s colonial anthologized poetry. Their work is interested in the intersection of academia, erotica, and poetics. Their writing has appeared in Cosmonauts Avenue, Penn Review, Kweli Journal, Apiary Magazine, Entropy Magazine, and The Inklette. They serve as poetry editor for Sonku Magazine and artistic director for Babel Poetry Collective.