Ilona Yusuf

Ilona Yusuf is a part-time poet, editor, designer, and printmaker. Her poetry was first published in book form in 2001 with ‘Picture This’ by Alhamra Publishing. Since then, her work has appeared in various local and international literary journals, both online and in print, including The Atlanta Review, The Chicago Quarterly Review, Papercuts, The Aleph Review, Sugar Mule, and The Missing Slate.

Throughout her career, she has edited for three literary journals: The Alhamra Literary Review, Vallum Special Issue Pakistan, and, since 2017, she has served as Associate Editor of The Aleph Review, an annual Pakistani art and literature journal that features both local and international writing. Additionally, she has freelanced for several local art and features magazines, writing about art, artists, and writers. Her essays on Pakistani poetry in English have been published primarily in international publications. Her most recent editing project was ‘Poetry in English from Pakistan, A 21st Century Anthology,’ for Alhamra Publishing. Currently, after a long hiatus, she is exploring the combination of text and image to create artist’s books.