Watch me unbox copies of Midwest Shreds!
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My chapbook manuscript advanced to the finals!
Celebrating Pride Month with a fresh queer Palestinian poem
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My poetry chapbook is a finalist in two contests!
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My Love Poems are the Most Palestinian Thing About Me: new essay in a dream pub, The Offing!
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My latest poem is out in Apogee Journal!
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I WON THE PORTER HOUSE REVIEW EDITOR'S PRIZE IN POETRY!!!
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These Palestinian tatreez artists are introducing the Midwest to our most beloved folk art
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I've got a new love poem out in Sunlight Press!
I won the Microgrant for Palestinian Writers from Sundress!
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I got an Individual Excellence Award for poetry from the Ohio Arts Council
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The coolest town in Iowa you probably didn't know about
YOU CAN OFFICIALLY PRE-ORDER MY DEBUT BOOK, MIDWEST SHREDS!! I'M SCREAMING!!
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Ohio takes step in the right direction toward righting the wrongs done against Indigenous peoples
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Going through something? A recovery cafe just might be the place for you.
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Turns out a personal loan can make your divorce hella complicated
My poems have been translated into another language for the first time!
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Two new poems in two print magazines!
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An anthology I'm in is officially out! Check out Gifted-ish: Women and Nonbinary Writers on Intelligence, Identity and Education
MY BOOK OFFICIALLY HAS A COVER!!! And a release date!!!
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