Emil Boss (1979) is a Stockholm-based Swedish writer actively involved in trade union activism. His texts combine art and literature and explore themes revolving around labor, time and order. His poems in this anthology were originally published in his poetry compilation “Acceleration”, which was nominated for the 2017 Swedish Radio Poetry Prize. In 2017, he was awarded the 2017 Solidarity Award of the organization Afrikagrupperna for his union activism concerning the requirements for wine imports in Sweden.