Janan Alexandrajanan alexandra is the daughter of a
Lebanese mother and a Beirut-born American father. Her life has been nothing if
not peripatetic, with roots scattered in Cyprus, Pakistan, Lebanon, and many
corners of the U.S. Since 2015 she has tught creative writing in community-based
literacy centers and schools, working with young folks in Los Angeles, Maine,
Washington DC, and Southern Indiana. A 2021-2022 Creative Research Fulbright
Scholar, janan has also received support from the Martha's Vineyard Institute
for Creative Writing, the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, and the Bucknell
Seminar for Younger Poets. You can read some of her work in Ploughshares, Gulf Coast, The Adroit
Journal, The Rumpus, Mizna, and elsewhere in print and online. Most
recently, janan has landed in New England where she teaches creative writing,
organizes poetry events, and plays fiddle with the Sweet May Dews. Read More Read Less