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Emma Barnes (Pākehā, they/them) lives in Aro Valley, Te Whanganui a Tara | Wellington. Their poetry has been published in journals including Landfall, Turbine | Kapohau, Cordite and Best New Zealand Poems (2008, 2010, 2021). They performed in Show Ponies in 2022 and 2023. They are the author of the poetry collections I Am in Bed with You (2021) and IF WE KNEW HOW TO WE WOULD (2025) as well as co-editor with Chris Tse of Out Here: An Anthology of Takatāpui and LGBTQIA+ Writers from Aotearoa (2021). They work in tech and spend a lot of time picking up heavy things and putting them back down again.

That's the official bio but here's the unofficial one:

Aro Valley. Powerlifting. Feelings. Pākehā. Fatty. Queer + non-binary + femme. They/them. Non-monogamous. C-PTSD. Knows one good joke. Wedding celebrant. Muscle Pisces.

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