Issam Zineh

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Best of the Net Nominations

Congratulations to ‪@izineh.bsky.social‬, MFA '24, whose poem “History” was named a finalist for the Auburn Witness Prize by Southern Humanities Review! ✨

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A Look at Matthew Olzmann’s CONSTELLATION ROUTE: Epistolary Poems as Gestures of Reconciliation and Community — The Hopkins Review Poet Issam Zineh meditates on Matthew Olzmann’s Constellation Route, the epistolary form, and the ways we come together.

I look at epistolarity and community in Matthew Olzmann’s CONSTELLATION ROUTE (@alicejamesbooks.bsky.social) with thanks to @hopkinsreview.bsky.social.

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Thanks Stefanie ❤️

Our 2024 Contest Issue is Live! 🎉 We are so excited to share all of these poems with you.
2024's Brett Elizabeth Jenkins Prize Winner is "I Want" by Nancy Lynée Woo
2024's Maja Gama Editor's Prize Winner is "When We Look at Ancient Mesopotamian Myth" by Issam Zineh @izineh.bsky.social

Huge congrats and mabrooks! If Issam wasn’t already a favorite poet of mine, this stunning poem would seal the deal. A poem to return to again and again 🧿

Well that’s certainly a compliment 💗

With thanks to the @tinderboxpoetry.bsky.social editors for selecting “When We Look at Ancient Mesopotamian Myth” as the 2024 Majda Gama Editors’ Prize.

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Incredible poem from @izineh.bsky.social up at @yalereview.bsky.social today. here is the whole thing: yalereview.org/article/issa...

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Unceded Land by Issam Zineh A finalist for the Housatonic Prize and the Balcones Prize, Issam Zineh's debut collection Unceded Land is a lyrical marvel, tracing the lines of intimacy, loss, and colonial legacy. With an eye that ...

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Against Settler Colonialism: A Reading List From Turtle Island to Palestine, Indigenous people across the world continue to resist settler-colonial domination, extraction, and exploitation of their land and communities. More than a year into...

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The Killing Spree | Jorie Graham a poem

Jorie Graham - “The Killing Spree”

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YouTube video by New York Philharmonic - Topic Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

This is one of my favorite pieces of music in human history. And this version in particular…

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And didn’t she use her time well up there 💖💖💖

Congrats to Assistant Poetry Editor @izineh.bsky.social on his Pushcart nomination!