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Palestinian American poet
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George Abraham
George Abraham with a copy of Birthright.George Abraham with a copy of Birthright.
BornJacksonville, Florida, U.S.
NationalityPalestinian American
Alma mater
GenrePoetry
Notable awards2021 Arab American Book Award

George Abraham (جورج إبراهيم) is a Palestinian American poet. He is the author of Birthright and the specimen's apology. Abraham is the Executive Editor of Mizna.

Education

Abraham received their M.S. in Bioengineering at Harvard University, studying how predictions can affect the brain's process for learning motor tasks. As of 2021, he was a student in the Litowitz Creative Writing program at Northwestern University in Evanston.

Poetry

Abraham was named "Best Poet" at the 2017 College Union Poetry Slam International. In 2018, they won the Cosmonauts Avenue Poetry Prize, judged by Tommy Pico. They are a board member for RAWI (Radius of Arab American Writers) and a Kundiman fellow.

the specimen's apology

Their illustrated chapbook the specimen's apology was published in January 2019 by Sibling Rivalry Press, and illustrated by Leila Abdelrazaq. A review on The Rumpus spoke positively of the use of form and interdisciplinary themes. The Michigan Quarterly Review commented on the complex portrayal of identity.

Birthright

Their full-length collection Birthright was published in April 2020 by Button Poetry and received positive reviews. In 2021, Birthright was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Literature and won the Arab American Book Award for Poetry.

References

  1. "Grad Student Profile: George Abraham | Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences". harvard.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  2. "Stories by george-abraham on Guernica". Guernica. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  3. "Swarthmore's OASiS Shines at Slam Poetry Tournament". www.swarthmore.edu. 2017-05-04. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  4. "Prizes". Cosmonauts Avenue. Archived from the original on 2020-05-12. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  5. "George Abraham Poetry". gabrahampoet. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  6. "Fellows". Kundiman. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  7. Press, Sibling Rivalry. "the specimen's apology by George Abraham". Sibling Rivalry Press. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  8. "A Strange Liminal Space: George Abraham's The Specimen's Apology". The Rumpus.net. 2019-05-03. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  9. "Palestine in Queer Time: A Review of George Abraham's The Specimen's Apology". Michigan Quarterly Review. 2019-01-16. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  10. "BIRTHRIGHT". Button Poetry. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  11. "Congratulations Lammy Finalists". Lambda Literary. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  12. "2021 Arab American Book Award Winners – Arab American National Museum". Retrieved 25 October 2021.
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