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rEVIEWS, Interviews, & other Press On Birthright

- Them: Poet George Abraham is Crafting Worlds of Palestinian Futurity (One of Them interview series, September 2023) 

- Palette Poetry: Poetry Double Features #4: Gumbo Ya Ya x Birthright (Summer Farah, June 2023) 

 

- Book Riot: 10 Essential Books by AAPI Authors (May 2023) 

- Middle East Monitor: George Abraham's Birthright is a lexicon of resistance & return (Interview with Suja Sawafta, January 2023) 

- Entropy Magazine: Best of 2020-2021: Poetry Books & Poetry Collections (December, 2021) 

- The Poetry Question: TPQ2O Podcast (October 2021)

- VS Podcast: George Abraham vs. Returning (Interview with Franny Choi and Danez Smith via The Poetry Foundation, August 2021)

- Divedapper: Interview with George Abraham and Craig Santos Perez (Bradley Trumpfheller, July 2021)

Reads Rainbow: In the Intersection: West Asian LGBT Lit (June 2021)

- The Kenyon Review Poetry Today Interview (Ruben Quesada, March 2021)

- Micro Podcast:  Skaryd x Sanni x Abraham Episode ("Heritage" feature from BirthrightFebruary 2021)

- Yale University Radio (WYBCX): Praxis Interview with George Abraham & Brainard Carey on Birthright (January 2021)

- The Rumpus: The Sound of Beginning - Review of Birthright by George Abraham (J. David, October 2020)

- BuzzFeed: 19 Books by Queer Authors Reviewers Fell In Love With (Taylor Steele, June 2020) 

The Los Angeles Review of Books: To Remember, Read, & Return - A Conversation with George Abraham and Omar Sakr (June 2020)

- The University of Arizona Poetry Center: Pride & Poetry Spotlight on Recent Collections by Queer Poets (June 2020)

- Vagabond City Lit: Interview on Birthright with Michelle Betters (May 2020)

- American Writers Museum:  Asian American Writers, Their Books, and the Books They Love (May 2020)

- Black Girl Nerds: "Birthright: an Invitation to 'Read' Rather than 'read' about Autonomy over Erasure" (March 2020, Maya Williams)

- TS Poetry: Review of Birthright by Ali Nuri (March 2020)

- Library Journal: Finding Self/Finding Home: Top Spring Poetry (February 2020, Barbara Hoffert)

rEVIEWS OF THE SPECIMEN'S APOLOGY

- Sukoon Magazine: Review by Layla Goushey (February 2020)

- Verse: Playlist for the specimen's apology (October 2019)

- The Rumpus: A Strange Liminal Space: George Abraham's the specimen's apology (torrin greathouse, May 2019)

-HYYPE Online: Queer & Dear: George Abraham's the specimen's apology (Kelsey May Frasier, Summer 2019)

- Glass: A Journal of Poetry: Review of the specimen's apology (Noor Hindi, January 2019)

 

- Michigan Quarterly Review: Palestine in Queer Time - A Review of George Abraham's the specimen's apology (Joumana Altallal, January 2019)

Press + Other Interviews / Features

- PBS Twin Cities:  TPT Almanac: Whiting Literary Magazine Prize (Guest Appearance with Lana Barkawi for Mizna, September 2023)

 

- Reckon News:  Making history with their words: 17 trailblaizing queer and trans poets of our generation (Denny, April 2023)

 

- Jacket 2:  'We' the people: Collective lyric self in twenty-first-century poetry (Carlos Pittella, August 2022)

(Paola Farran, August 2022) خط ٣٠: البحر المميت... صو الملح و الغرق -

- Mondoweiss: Celebrating Poetry of the People: an interview with Mohammed El-Kurd (November 2021)

- The Poetry Question: TPQ2O Podcast (October, 2021)

- The Arab American National Museum: 2021 Arab American Book Award Winners (September 2021)

- VS Podcast: George Abraham vs. Returning (Interview with Franny Choi and Danez Smith via The Poetry Foundation, August 2021)

- Divedapper: Interview with George Abraham and Craig Santos Perez (Bradley Trumpfheller, July 2021)

- Middle East Eye: Memes, jokes, and icons: Eight ways Palestinians are resisting the occupation online (NA Mansour, June 2021)

- Radio AlHaraSearching for a Palestinian After (Poetry Playlist) (May 2021)

- University of Southern CaliforniaPoetry Inspires and Liberates in a Digital Age (May 2021, Journalism Capstone)

- Big Other Magazine2020 Big Other Book Award Winners (April 2021)

- Lambda Literary2021 Lambda Literary Award Finalist Announcement (March 2021)

- The Kenyon ReviewPoetry Today Interview Feature (Ruben Quesada, March 2021)

- Micro PodcastSkaryd x Sanni x Abraham Episode (February 2021)

- Yale University Radio (WYBCX): Praxis Interview with George Abraham & Brainard Carey on Birthright (January 2021)

The Los Angeles Review of BooksDispatches from an Unoccupied Future: Reflections on the Palestine Writes Festival (Fargo Tbakhi, January 2021)

- The New ArabThe best books by Arab authors in 2020 (Elias Jahshan, December 2020)

 

The Asian American Writers' WorkshopBookmarks: Best of 2020 (Swati Khurana, December 2020)

- The MillionsA Year in Reading (Megan Giddings, December 2020)

Tufts DailyPoems & Pints provides intimacy, empowerment in the midst of uncertainty (November 2020)

The Artery (WBUR)With Future of Performing Arts Uncertain, Boston Foundation Appoints its New Class of Live Arts Boston Grantees (June 2020)

- LitHub:  The Joys and Worries of 20 Writers During COVID-19 (Interview Feature with Christopher Soto, April 2020)

- Poets & Writers Magazine: Writers Recommend Feature by George Abraham (April 2020)

- Mizna + The Margins (Asian American Writers Workshop): "I am Deliberate and Afraid of Nothing" - Six Writers on Poetry and Protest (March 2019)

- Harvard University Lecture: Machine Dreams Podcast with Margaret Rhee (March 2019)

- Entropy Mag: 11 Palestinian Poets to Read (March 2019)

 

- Poets & Writers: Poets & Writers Theatre - "Against Consolidation" (January 2019)

- The Racist Sandwich Podcast: E61 - The Memory of Za'atar and a Free Palestine (November 2018)

- Literary Hub: The Newest Wave of Asian American Writers You Should Know - Celebrating 15 Years of Kundiman  (October 2018)

- Harvard University InterviewGraduate Profile (December 2017)

- Nervous Poodle Poetry : al youm Interview (May 2017)

- The Atlas Review : al youm - a preview (April 2017)

- Winter Tangerine : Lineage of Mirrors - Ancestral Influences (January 2017)

- Diode : 10th Anniversary Issue (January 2017, Interview)

- Maudlin House : Writer of the Week Feature (December 2016)

- Brooklyn Poets : Poet of the Week Spotlight (August 2016)

Reviews of al youm

- Winter Tangerine : al youm review (January 2018)

- Speekbird Blog : [a thing i like] george abraham's al youm (June 2017)

- Nervous Poodle Poetry : al youm Review (May 2017)

- Ploughshares : I forget to remember to forget (April 2017)

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