Aidan Ryan is a writer, publisher, and filmmaker. He is the author of I Am Here You Are Not I Love You: Andrew Topolski, Cindy Suffoletto, and Their Life in the Arts, forthcoming from the University of Iowa Press in May 2025. The short documentary film version of I Am Here You Are Not I Love You premiered at the Buffalo International Film Festival in October 2024 and was a multiple award nominee at the LA IndieX and New York City Winter Film Festivals. His nonfiction and cultural criticism have appeared in The Millions, Public Books, Annulet, Humanities, The White Review, Brink, Colorado Review, and elsewhere. He is a cofounder of Foundlings Press, senior editor at Traffic East Magazine, and literary curator at Artpark. He lives in Buffalo, New York.