George Abraham (poet)

George Abraham
Abraham at AWP 2025
Born
Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Education
Writing career
GenrePoetry
Notable workBirthright
Notable awardsGeorge Ellenbogen Poetry Award (2021)[3]
Lambda Literary Award finalist (2021)

George Abraham (جورج إبراهيم) is a Palestinian American poet.[4] Their debut collection, Birthright (2020), won the George Ellenbogen Poetry Award and was a finalist for the 2021 Lambda Literary Award in Bisexual Poetry.[3][5] With poet Noor Hindi, Abraham co-edited Heaven Looks Like Us: Palestinian Poetry (2025), which was longlisted for the 2025 Palestine Book Awards.[6][7]

Abraham has been profiled by Them and coauthored a series of essays and letters with journalist Sarah Aziza for The Nation.[8][9][10] They are Editor at Large and Editor of Mizna Online at Mizna.[11] Abraham is Writer-in-Residence in English at Amherst College.[12]

Bibliography

Poetry

  • Birthright. Button Poetry. 2020. ISBN 9781943735679[13][14][15]
  • the specimen's apology (chapbook). Sibling Rivalry Press. 2019. ISBN 9781943977925[16][17][18]
  • al youm (chapbook). TAR. 2017.[4]

Anthologies

References

  1. 1 2 "All New Faculty for 2024–25". Amherst College. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
  2. ↑ "Publications by Graduate Alumni". Department of English, Northwestern University. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
  3. 1 2 "2021 Arab American Book Award Winners". Arab American National Museum. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
  4. 1 2 "George Abraham". Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
  5. ↑ "2021 Lambda Literary Award Finalists Announced". Lambda Literary. 2021-03-15. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
  6. 1 2 "Heaven Looks Like Us". Haymarket Books. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
  7. 1 2 "PBA 2025: Longlist announced in a landmark year for Palestinian voices". Palestine Book Awards. 2025-06-20. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
  8. ↑ "Poet George Abraham Is Crafting Worlds of Palestinian Futurity". Them. 2023-09-22. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
  9. ↑ "Letters From the Apocalypse". The Nation. 2024-01-29. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
  10. ↑ "Palestine Is Everywhere, and It Is Making Us More Free". The Nation. 2024-05-10. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
  11. ↑ "Moheb Soliman rejoins Mizna staff as Executive Editor and Literary Programs". Mizna. 2024-02-01. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
  12. ↑ "Abraham, George". Amherst College. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
  13. ↑ "Birthright". Google Books. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
  14. ↑ "The Sound of Beginning: Birthright by George Abraham". The Rumpus. 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
  15. ↑ "Poetry Review: Birthright by George Abraham". TweetSpeak Poetry. 2020-03-12. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
  16. ↑ "The Specimen's Apology". Google Books. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
  17. ↑ "A Strange Liminal Space: George Abraham's The Specimen's Apology". The Rumpus. 2019-05-03. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
  18. ↑ "Palestine in Queer Time: A Review of George Abraham's The Specimen's Apology". Michigan Quarterly Review. 2019-01-16. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
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