George Abraham (poet)
George Abraham | |
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Abraham at AWP 2025 | |
| Born | Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
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| Genre | Poetry |
| Notable works | Birthright |
| Notable awards | George Ellenbogen Poetry Award (2021)[3] Lambda Literary Award finalist (2021) |
George Abraham (جورج إبراهيم) is a Palestinian American poet.[4] Their debut collection, Birthright (2020), won the George Ellenbogen Poetry Award and was a finalist for the 2021 Lambda Literary Award in Bisexual Poetry.[3][5] With poet Noor Hindi, Abraham co-edited Heaven Looks Like Us: Palestinian Poetry (2025), which was longlisted for the 2025 Palestine Book Awards.[6][7]
Abraham has been profiled by Them and coauthored a series of essays and letters with journalist Sarah Aziza for The Nation.[8][9][10] They are Editor at Large and Editor of Mizna Online at Mizna.[11] Abraham is Writer-in-Residence in English at Amherst College.[12]
Bibliography
Poetry
- Birthright. Button Poetry. 2020. ISBN 9781943735679[13][14][15]
- the specimen's apology (chapbook). Sibling Rivalry Press. 2019. ISBN 9781943977925[16][17][18]
- al youm (chapbook). TAR. 2017.[4]
Anthologies
- Heaven Looks Like Us: Palestinian Poetry (co-editor, with Noor Hindi). Haymarket Books. 2025. ISBN 9798888903650[6][7]
References
- ^ a b "All New Faculty for 2024–25". Amherst College. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
- ^ "Publications by Graduate Alumni". Department of English, Northwestern University. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
- ^ a b "2021 Arab American Book Award Winners". Arab American National Museum. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
- ^ a b "George Abraham". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
- ^ "2021 Lambda Literary Award Finalists Announced". Lambda Literary. 2021-03-15. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
- ^ a b "Heaven Looks Like Us". Haymarket Books. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
- ^ a b "PBA 2025: Longlist announced in a landmark year for Palestinian voices". Palestine Book Awards. 2025-06-20. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
- ^ "Poet George Abraham Is Crafting Worlds of Palestinian Futurity". Them. 2023-09-22. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
- ^ "Letters From the Apocalypse". The Nation. 2024-01-29. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
- ^ "Palestine Is Everywhere, and It Is Making Us More Free". The Nation. 2024-05-10. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
- ^ "Moheb Soliman rejoins Mizna staff as Executive Editor and Literary Programs". Mizna. 2024-02-01. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
- ^ "Abraham, George". Amherst College. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
- ^ "Birthright". Google Books. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
- ^ "The Sound of Beginning: Birthright by George Abraham". The Rumpus. 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
- ^ "Poetry Review: Birthright by George Abraham". TweetSpeak Poetry. 2020-03-12. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
- ^ "The Specimen's Apology". Google Books. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
- ^ "A Strange Liminal Space: George Abraham's The Specimen's Apology". The Rumpus. 2019-05-03. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
- ^ "Palestine in Queer Time: A Review of George Abraham's The Specimen's Apology". Michigan Quarterly Review. 2019-01-16. Retrieved 2026-03-01.