Press, Interviews, & Reviews
George Abraham in the Press
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The Amherst Student: Fresh Faculty: George Abraham (Interview, September 2024)
CBS Chicago: Chicago poet, Palestinian American artists use radio to be in solidarity with Gaza (with Omar Ahmad, May 2024)
TIME: How Poetry Became a Tool of Resistance for Palestinians (January 2024)
PBS Twin Cities: TPT Almanac: Whiting Literary Magazine Prize (Guest Appearance with Lana Barkawi for Mizna, September 2023)
Them: Poet George Abraham is Crafting Worlds of Palestinian Futurity (One of Them interview series, 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)
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Electric Lit : 7 Politically Charged Poetry Collections (June 2024)
Autostraddle : 75 Books for Every Pride Vibe (June 2024)
TIME: How Poetry Became a Tool of Resistance for Palestinians (January 2024)
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 Birthright, February 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)
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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)
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(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 Arab American National Museum: 2021 Arab American Book Award Winners(September 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 AlHara: Searching for a Palestinian After (Poetry Playlist) (May 2021)
University of Southern California: Poetry Inspires and Liberates in a Digital Age(May 2021, Journalism Capstone)
Big Other Magazine: 2020 Big Other Book Award Winners (April 2021)
Lambda Literary: 2021 Lambda Literary Award Finalist Announcement(March 2021)
Yale University Radio (WYBCX): Praxis Interview with George Abraham & Brainard Carey on Birthright (January 2021)
The Los Angeles Review of Books: Dispatches from an Unoccupied Future: Reflections on the Palestine Writes Festival (Fargo Tbakhi, January 2021)
The New Arab: The best books by Arab authors in 2020(Elias Jahshan, December 2020)
The Asian American Writers' Workshop: Bookmarks: Best of 2020 (Swati Khurana, December 2020)
The Millions: A Year in Reading(Megan Giddings, December 2020)
Tufts Daily: Poems & 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 Interview : Graduate 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)
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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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Index for Continuance Podcast: Episode 20: Noor Hindi and George Abraham - “Structures for Abundance” (November 2024)
Kunafa and Shay Podcast: Poetry Performance with George Abraham and Fargo Tbakhi (November 2024)
Seen Jeem Podcast: Episode 13: George Abraham (November 2024)
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)
Micro Podcast:Skaryd x Sanni x Abraham Episode ("Heritage" feature from Birthright, February 2021)
The Racist Sandwich Podcast: E61 - The Memory of Za'atar and a Free Palestine (November 2018)