Phinder Dulai is the author of three poetry books: dream/arteries (Talon Books) and two previous books of poetry: Ragas from the Periphery (Arsenal Pulp Press, 1995) and Basmati Brown (Nightwood Editions, 2000). In 2017, he was the co-creator of Canada's first writing residency for BIPOC writers called Centering Ourselves at the Banff Centre for the Arts. In 2024 he was commissioned by the Surrey Art Gallery to write a series of ekphrastic poems for the Ghost In The Field exhibit by visual artist Jagdeep Raina. His work has appeared in Canadian Literature, Cue Books Anthology, Ankur, Matrix, Memewar Magazine, Rungh, The Capilano Review, Canadian Ethnic Studies, Toronto South Asian Review, subTerrain, Periodicities and West Coast LINE. He regularly review books for Rungh Magazine and currently serves as the Poetry Editor for Canadian Literature Journal. He lives as an uninvited guest on the unceded territories of the Kwantlen First Nation, The Katzie First Nation and the Semiahmoo First Nation, now known as Surrey, BC.