Dominic Xalli Anaya Gulaya

Dominic Xalli Anaya Gulaya is a young butch, QTPOC, and Disabled writer living on unceded Tongva land. Zie cares deeply about storytelling as a form of resistance and community-building, and aims to embody that in hir poetry. Xalli has published in Drifter Zine, Transmuted, and LBRNTH among others, acted as the Editor-in-Chief for hir high school’s literary magazine, and worked as an Executive Editor and Junior Board member for Polyphony Lit. In hir daily life, most of hir energy goes toward zines, reading & writing, folk punk music, watching horror movies, and mutual aid. You can find hir on Instagram @saintpsyop and on hir website, anayagulaya.com.