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Elmaz Abinader, Writer, Storyteller, Workshop Leader & Literary Activist

Poetry Collection, Life Cycles of the Lost

Poem: True Metal, Featured Poem-a-Day, Academy of American Poets, Dec 24, 2025

Collection is finalist for Louis Bogan Poetry Contest, Trio House Press, 2025

For more on the collection, Life Cycles of the Lost

Novel: Almost A Life

The story of Dede, a Lebanese woman who survives four years of the Civil War waiting for her fiancé to send for her. When she finally gets to the US, she realizes escape doesn’t mean safety, and when her husband disappears back upon return Beirut, she has to figure out how to begin again—twice.

For more on the novel, Almost a Life