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- Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies; Creative Writing and the Department of English
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A poetry reading by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha sponsored by the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies with support from the Carr visiting author series and creative writing program in the Department of English
Lena Khalaf Tuffaha is a poet, essayist, and translator. She is the author of three books of poetry, including Something About Living (UAkron, 2024), winner of the 2024 National Book Award and the 2022 Akron Prize for Poetry; Kaan & Her Sisters (Trio House Press, 2023), finalist for the 2024 Firecracker Award and honorable mention for the 2024 Arab American Book Award; and Water & Salt (Red Hen, 2017), winner of the 2018 Washington State Book Award and honorable mention for the 2018 Arab American Award.
Tuffaha is also the author of two-chapter books, Arab in Newsland (Two Sylvias Press, 2017), winner of the 2016 Two Sylvias Prize, and Letters from the Interior (Diode, 2019), finalist for the 2020 Jean Pedrick Chapbook Prize.