Melizarani T.Selva is a Malaysian writer and spoken word poet, with notable performances at ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival and TEDxGateway. Her first book, ‘Taboo’ is a poetic interrogation of the Malaysian Indian Identity. 

Crispin Rodrigues is the author of 3 poetry collections, the latest being How Now Blown Crow (2021). He is also co-editor of an anthology of poems by youth poets, Crazy Little Pyromaniacs (2020).

Irie Aman is a creative and community builder. They were the Editor-in-Chief of The Local Rebel, an intersectional feminist zine. Currently, Irie hosts dink, an open mic night for all mediums and artists held every second Thursday of the month at Blu Jaz, and leads QUASA, a Queer Muslim collective.

Max Pasakorn is a queer, Thai-born, Singapore-based writer. Their work has been published in Strange Horizons, Middleground Magazine, EXHALE and Freeze Ray Poetry. Max’s debut nonfiction chapbook, A Study in Our Selves, won the OutWrite 2022 Chapbook Competition (Nonfiction) and is forthcoming from Neon Hemlock Press.

Learn more about the author at www.maxpasakorn.works, and follow them on Instagram at @maxpsk_writes.