Hayan Charara
Hayan Charara | |
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| Born | 1972 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Occupation | Poet, writer, editor, academic |
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Hayan Charara (born 1972) is an American poet, writer, and editor.[1] He is the author of four poetry collections, including Something Sinister (2016), which won an Arab American Book Award, and These Trees, Those Leaves, This Flower, That Fruit (2022), a finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award.[2][3]
Life and career
Charara was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Lebanese immigrants.[1] He studied at Wayne State University, New York University, and the University of Houston.[1] In 2009, he received a literature fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.[4] He teaches in the Honors College at the University of Houston.[5][6]
Reception
Reviewing Something Sinister for Poetry Northwest, Hilary Plum wrote that the collection responds to language shaped by the violence and rhetoric of the post-9/11 era.[7] In The Texas Observer, David R. Brockman described These Trees, Those Leaves, This Flower, That Fruit as "plainspoken, yet profound" and "a potently political work".[5] The Three Lucys received positive reviews in Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly.[8][9]
Bibliography
Poetry collections
- The Alchemist's Diary (Hanging Loose Press, 2001).[10][11]
- The Sadness of Others (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2006).[12]
- Something Sinister (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2016).[13][14][15]
- These Trees, Those Leaves, This Flower, That Fruit (Milkweed Editions, 2022).[16][17][18]
Children's literature
- The Three Lucys (Lee & Low Books, 2016).[19][20][21]
Edited volumes
- Inclined to Speak: An Anthology of Contemporary Arab American Poetry (University of Arkansas Press, 2008).[22]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Hayan Charara". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
- ↑ "2017 Arab American Book Award Winners". Arab American National Museum. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
- ↑ "Finalists Selected for CGU's Prestigious Kingsley and Kate Tufts Poetry Awards". Claremont Graduate University. February 20, 2023. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
- ↑ "Hayan Charara". National Endowment for the Arts. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Brockman, David R. (March 23, 2022). "Houston's Hayan Charara Plumbs the Politics of the Personal". The Texas Observer. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
- ↑ https://www.uh.edu/honors/about/faculty-staff/charara_hayan.php
- ↑ Plum, Hilary (December 8, 2016). "Hilary Plum: "In the aftermath of our language"—On Hayan Charara's Something Sinister". Poetry Northwest. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
- ↑ "The Three Lucys". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
- ↑ "The Three Lucys by Hayan Charara". Publishers Weekly. June 13, 2016. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
- ↑ "The Alchemist's Diary". Hanging Loose Press. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
- ↑ "The Alchemist's Diary by Hayan Charara". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
- ↑ "The Sadness of Others, Charara". University of Chicago Press. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
- ↑ "Something Sinister, Charara". University of Chicago Press. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
- ↑ ""Voices humming just beneath the surface of every object": A Review of Hijra by Hala Alyan, Something Sinister by Hayan Charara, and Energy Corridor by Glenn Shaheen". North American Review. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
- ↑ Helal, Marwa. "Two Poetry Book Reviews". Sukoon. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
- ↑ "These Trees, Those Leaves, This Flower, That Fruit". Milkweed Editions. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
- ↑ Brockman, David R. (March 23, 2022). "Houston's Hayan Charara Plumbs the Politics of the Personal". The Texas Observer. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
- ↑ Leão, Lúcia. "These Trees, Those Leaves, This Flower, That Fruit by Hayan Charara". RHINO. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
- ↑ "Refugee Children's Book Collection". Lee & Low Books. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
- ↑ "The Three Lucys". School Library Journal. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
- ↑ "The Three Lucys". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
- ↑ "Inclined to Speak". University of Arkansas Press. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
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