Sofia Varino is a writer, researcher and lecturer based in Berlin, Germany. Their poetry has appeared in various literary magazines, including Poetry Wales, The Hythe, Ink Sweat & Tears and Poetry International, and their chapbook Natural Language was published in 2017 by Dancing Girl Press. Varino is co-author of Aquatopia: Climate Interventions (Routledge, 2023) and holds a PhD in comparative literary and cultural studies from Stony Brook State University of New York.