Hari Alluri (he/him/siya) is an uninvited migrant poet of Philippine and South Indian descent living, writing, and working on unceded Coast Salish territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples, and Ts'uubaa-asatx lands of Hul'q'umi'num-speaking peoples. Author of The Flayed City (Kaya Press), carving ashes (CiCAC/Thompson Rivers Press), and chapbooks Our Echo of Sudden Mercy (Next Page Press) and The Promise of Rust (Mouthfeel Press), siya is a recipient of the Vera Manuel Award for Poetry and grants from the BC Arts Council, Canada Council of the Arts, and National Film Board of Canada, among other prizes, grants, fellowships and residencies.