Nirris Nagendrarajah (he/him) is a freelance culture critic from Toronto whose work has appeared in LudwigVan, OperaWire, MetRadio, Polyester, Fête Chinoise, In The Mood Magazine, and Cha: An Asian Literary Journal. He was an Assistant Dramaturge for 'Unmute,' which premiered at 2024’s Toronto Fringe Festival, and is currently at work on a novel about the anxiety of waiting.