Mercedes Eng is the author of Mercenary English, Prison Industrial Complex Explodes, winner of the BC Poetry Prize, and my yt mama. Her writing has appeared in Hustling Verse: An Anthology of Sex Workers’ Poetry, Jacket 2, Asian American Literary Review, The Abolitionist, r/ally (No One Is Illegal), and Survaillance (Press Release). Mercedes is an Assistant Professor at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, where she organizes the On Edge reading series. Her next book, cop city swagger, is forthcoming in 2024.