Lena Khalaf Tuffaha
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| Notable work | Something About Living |
| Website | https://www.lenakhalaftuffaha.com |
Lena Khalaf Tuffaha is a poet, essayist, and translator. She is co-founder of the Institute for Middle East Understanding and the author of five works of poetry: Letters from the Interior (Diode Editions); the 2018 Washington State Book Award winner Water & Salt (Red Hen Press); the 2016 Two Sylvias Press Prize winner Arab in Newsland (Two Sylvias Press),[1] Kaan and Her Sisters (Trio House Press, July 2023), finalist for the 2024 Firecracker Award. Her collection Something About Living, was winner of the 2024 National Book Award for Poetry[2] and the 2022 Akron Prize for Poetry from University of Akron Press. Khalaf Tuffaha is the recipient of a 2019 Washington State Artist Trust Fellowship and the inaugural Poet-In-Residence at Open Books: A Poem Emporium in Seattle, Washington.[3][4] Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Barrow Street, Hayden's Ferry Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, New England Review, TriQuarterly, and the Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day series.[5] Khalaf Tuffaha holds a BA in Comparative Literature from the University of Washington and an MFA from the Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University.[6][non-primary source needed] Based in Washington, Khalaf Tuffaha has also served as spokesperson for the Seattle chapter of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.[7]
Works
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- Letters from the Interior. Diode Editions. 2019. ISBN 978-1939728333
- Water & Salt. Red Hen Press. 2017. ISBN 978-1597090292
- Arab in Newsland. Two Sylvias Press. 2017. ISBN 978-0998631493
- Kaan and Her Sisters. Trio House Press. 2023. ISBN 978-1949487145
- Something About Living. University of Akron Press. 2024. ISBN 978-1629222738
References
[edit]- ^ "IMEU Form 990" (PDF). Institute for Middle East Understanding. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- ^ Alter, Alexandra (20 November 2024). "Percival Everett, Author of 'James,' Wins National Book Award for Fiction". The New York Times. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ^ "Artist Profile - Lena Tuffaha". Artist Trust. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- ^ "Introducing Lena Khalaf Tuffaha". Open Books: A Poem Emporium. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- ^ "Lena Khalaf Tuffaha". Diode Editions. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- ^ Lena Khalaf Tuffaha. "About". Official website. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- ^ "About". Institute for Middle East Understanding. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
External links
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- Living people
- American women poets
- American people of Palestinian descent
- American people of Syrian descent
- American people of Jordanian descent
- Activists from Washington (state)
- Poets from Washington (state)
- 21st-century American poets
- 21st-century American translators
- 21st-century American women writers
- University of Washington alumni
- Pacific Lutheran University alumni
- National Book Award winners
- Writers from Seattle