is pursuing her MFA in creative writing at Hunter College, where she studies poetry. Her work is forthcoming from or published by Best New Poets, ONLY POEMS, Foglifter, Brooklyn Poets, SPACE Gallery's 2024 Poetry Hotline, and more. She was longlisted for ONLY POEMS' Poet of the Year Prize in 2024 and 2025, and she has received additional honors from The Adroit Journal, poetry.onl, and Nine Syllables Press, among others. Her debut chapbook Science Before Fiction is forthcoming from Game Over Books in 2026.instagram, emaillifeline4gaza / help the alghorah family evacuate gaza / support ahmed's survival in gaza amid family separation
Samar Abdelkarim Ahmed, mother and former schoolteacher with five children
Danya al-Absi, mother of two who studied war while obtaining her master's degree
Alaa Ammar, mother of five children
Nour Abood, mother of a newborn who needs milk and diapers
Ansam Abu Harb, mother of four children, two disabled, displaced to Egypt
Ahmed Abu Harb, Ansam's husband who is separated from his family in Gaza
Iman Sadeq, mother and architect, caring for almost 20 people
Ahmed Al Sabe, father with four children, caring for his elderly mother
Mosab Abu Alqumboz, medic trying to evacuate extended family to Egypt
Wissam Abu Hilal, pharmacist and mother of five
events
Pauses, Mumbles, Whispers, Silences @ Accent Sisters
Sunday, November 2nd, 6-9 PM
This fundraising event will donate all proceeds to Gaza Soup Kitchen, and Mahmoud Alabsi and his family as part of the Monthly Mutual Aid for Gaza program. In addition to performances, we’ll have postcards, poetry chapbooks and zines for sale.Past: Hunter College MFA @ KGB Bar, Brooklyn Poets, New York City Poetry Festival, Brooklyn Book Art Fair, Narrative 4, National Student Poets Program, and others.
"Matador," "I Was As Dead," Foglifter (forthcoming)
"Sea Level," Brooklyn Poets (republished from ONLY POEMS)
"I May Be Stupid," underblong
"Proof of Life," Epiphany Magazine
"Drone Among Birds," A Poem is a Garden
"Target Practice," SPACE Gallery 2024 Poetry Hotline
"Where Were You When Mac Miller Died," Best New Poets 2022 (republished from Snaggletooth Magazine)
Longlist, Game Over Books Open Reading Period (2025)
Longlist (Top 50), ONLY POEMS, Poet of the Year Prize (2025)
Semifinalist, Nine Syllables Press, Chapbook Contest (2024)
Nominee, Best Spiritual Literature, ONLY POEMS: "Light Being Light" (2024)
Longlist (Top 30), ONLY POEMS, Poet of the Year Prize (2024)
Semifinalist, The Adroit Journal, Djanikian Scholars in Poetry (2024)
Finalist, poetry.onl, 2024 Chapbook Series Fellowship (2023)
Longlist, surging tide mag, Annual Summer Writing Contest (2023)
Recipient, Bates College, John Tagliabue Award for Creative Writing (2023)
Nominee, Best of the Net: The Lumiere Review, Ice Lolly Review, COUNTERCLOCK Journal (2022)
Finalist and contributor, Best New Poets: "Where Were You When Mac Miller Died" (2022)
Winner, The Lumiere Review, Open Writing Contest: "Rhythm 0" (2022)
Semifinalist, The Adroit Journal, Adroit Prizes for Poetry: "Where Were You When Mac Miller Died" (2021)
Recipient, Bates College, Alice Jane Dinsmore Wandke Award (2019)
My background is in creative writing and arts administration. I am available for creative writing consultation, copywriting, editorial work, college/MFA application review, and more. I have worked largely with MFA applicants and poets seeking detailed feedback on their projects. If you think I can be of use to you, please contact me via email for more information. I would love to help you!Past: Alliance for Young Artists and Writers' National Student Poets Program, Washington Square Review, COUNTERCLOCK Journal, Black Lawrence Press, and others.