Hard Crush is a chapbook about queer yearning and placemaking. The poems co-mingle in the murky bliss of late self-discovery, furious desire, and immigrant families, hailing the inevitable surrender that infatuation demands.

Sarah Yanni is a Mexican-Egyptian writer and editor. A Best of the Net nominee, she has been recognized as a Finalist for BOMB Magazine's Poetry Contest, the Letras Latinas Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize, the Outpost Fellowship, and others. Her work has appeared in outlets including the Los Angeles Review of Books, Mizna, SPECTRA Poets, and Autostraddle. She lives in Los Angeles.