Ari Laurel is a fiction writer in Seattle who writes about radicalism, orientalism, climate, and the Pacific Northwest. Her work has appeared in Ninth Letter, Passages North, Blue Mesa Review, The Conium Review, The Toast, Duende, and more.

Her short story “Farewell Address to the Last Mango in the Pacific Northwest” was the recipient of Blue Mesa Review’s 2021 Summer Fiction contest. This story is currently part of a larger project.