Alana Marie Levinson-LaBrosse is a poet, translator, and the founding director of Kashkul, the center for arts and culture at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS). Dream State, her own debut collection, was selected by Eileen Myles as a finalist for the Changes Book Prize and came out in May 2025 with Unnamed Press.
Abdullah Hazbar is seen from outside of a tent in an IDP camp in Kirkuk, Iraq. On January 27, 2015, Abdullah was wounded by an Iraqi airplane bombing when he left the village with his family during…