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Elmaz Abinader

Elmaz Abinader is an author and a performer. Her most recent poetry collection, This House, My Bones, was The Editor’s Selection for 2014 from Willow Books/Aquarius. Her books include a memoir: Children of the Roojme, A Family’s Journey from Lebanon, a book of poetry, In the Country of My Dreams… which won the Oakland PEN, Josephine Miles Award. Recently she was awarded a Trailblazer Award by RAWI (Radius of Arab Writers International)  Her plays include Ramadan Moon, 32 Mohammeds, and Country of Origin. She has been a frequent contributor to Al-Jazeera English. She has been anthologized widely including the New Anthology of American Poetry, and in The Colors of Natur

She has been a fellow at residencies in Marfa (Lannan) Macedonia, Brazil, Spain and Egypt and a Senior Fulbright Fellow.  Her teaching includes Master Workshops for Hedgebrook In India as well as for VORTEXT. Elmaz is one of the co-founders of The Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation (VONA/Voices) a writing workshop for writers-of-color. She teaches at Mills College, is a fitness instructor at the Oakland Y, and lives in Oakland with her husband Anthony Byers.

Her latest book of poetry is This House My Bones.

Her daily walk through the Redwoods.
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  2. […] Elmaz Abinader is completing a novel at present titled Almost A Life. The story was inspired by her cousin’s fiancee who was forced to remain in civil war-torn Lebanon while he worked toward residency in the US. The fiancee left behind experienced the stark realities of war before eventually coming to the US and marrying Abinader’s cousin. At a party, Abinader asked how things were going only to receive the answer, “I miss the war.” This jump started her imagination. […]

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