Kai (xe/they) is a non-binary/queer poet, researcher, and aspiring anthropologist living in the DC Metro area. Xe loves spending time with their partner, reading, flowers, all things sci-fi and fantasy, playing piano, cooking, and doing advocacy work. They have work published and forthcoming in The Inflectionist Review, Nashville Review, Up the Staircase Quarterly, and Voicemail Poems, among others. Say hello to xem on Instagram: @kairiverblevins.