S. J. Ghaus is a Pakistani American writer, educator, illustrator, and cultural worker for the people. Drawing on years of community organizing in national and local movements for justice, they work across genre to dream into decolonial possibilities. They are a Tin House alum and resident, VONA/Voices of Our Nations fellow, recipient of the 2020 Vera Meyer Strube Academy of American Poets Prize, and former Poetry Editor of the Indiana Review. You can find their work at poets.org, Poetry Daily, Hayden’s Ferry, and elsewhere. They hold an MFA from Indiana University.