Abijit Radhakrishna is an assistant professor, author, and film critic. His works include Waking Up the Vermin, Kill the Girl, Impressions, and Ride Back Home. He has also co-edited the 2021 anthology, Poe in Quarantine: Selected Works of Edgar Allan Poe, and edited Montage: A Collection of Contemporary Poetry and Prose. He has worked in the English departments of reputable private and government-aided institutions in Kerala. He holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in English Language and Literature from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala. His areas of interest are cultural hybridity and diaspora studies, subaltern studies, film, and gender studies.