{"id":8008,"date":"2018-07-20T15:27:29","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T19:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=8008"},"modified":"2018-07-20T15:27:29","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T19:27:29","slug":"elmaz-abinader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/elmaz-abinader\/","title":{"rendered":"Elmaz Abinader"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3938\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8008-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/ElmazAbinader.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/ElmazAbinader.mp3\">http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/ElmazAbinader.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8020\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2015-03-23-15.54.07-e1532114579905-169x300.jpg?resize=169%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2015-03-23-15.54.07-e1532114579905.jpg?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2015-03-23-15.54.07-e1532114579905.jpg?resize=768%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2015-03-23-15.54.07-e1532114579905.jpg?resize=576%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2015-03-23-15.54.07-e1532114579905.jpg?resize=696%2C1237&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2015-03-23-15.54.07-e1532114579905.jpg?resize=1068%2C1899&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2015-03-23-15.54.07-e1532114579905.jpg?resize=236%2C420&amp;ssl=1 236w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2015-03-23-15.54.07-e1532114579905.jpg?w=1836&amp;ssl=1 1836w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2015-03-23-15.54.07-e1532114579905.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elmazabinader.com\/\">Elmaz Abinader<\/a> is an author and a performer. Her most recent poetry collection, <em>This House, My Bones<\/em>, was The Editor\u2019s Selection for 2014 from Willow Books\/Aquarius. Her books include a memoir: <em>Children of the Roojme, A Family\u2019s Journey from Lebanon, <\/em>a book of poetry, <em>In the Country of My Dreams\u2026 <\/em>which won the Oakland PEN, Josephine Miles Award. Recently she was awarded a Trailblazer Award by RAWI (Radius of Arab Writers International) \u00a0Her plays include <em>Ramadan Moon, 32 Mohammeds, <\/em>and <em>Country of Origin<\/em>. She has been a frequent contributor to Al-Jazeera English. She has been anthologized widely including<em> the New Anthology of American Poetry, <\/em>and in <em>The Colors of Natur<\/em><\/p>\n<p>She has been a fellow at residencies in Marfa (Lannan) Macedonia, Brazil, Spain and Egypt and a Senior Fulbright Fellow. \u00a0Her teaching includes Master Workshops for Hedgebrook In India as well as for VORTEXT.\u00a0Elmaz 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.<\/p>\n<p>Her latest book of poetry is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/aquariuspress.myshopify.com\/products\/this-house-my-bones-by-elmaz-abinader\">This House My Bones<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8021\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8021\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8021 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3133-e1532114667175-1024x768.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3133-e1532114667175.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3133-e1532114667175.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3133-e1532114667175.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3133-e1532114667175.jpg?resize=80%2C60&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3133-e1532114667175.jpg?resize=265%2C198&amp;ssl=1 265w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3133-e1532114667175.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3133-e1532114667175.jpg?resize=1068%2C801&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3133-e1532114667175.jpg?resize=560%2C420&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3133-e1532114667175.jpg?w=2016&amp;ssl=1 2016w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/IMG_3133-e1532114667175.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8021\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Her daily walk through the Redwoods.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/ElmazAbinader.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listElmaz Abinader is an author and a performer. 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