Fever Dreams: Hala Alyan on Displacement, Trauma, and Memory

Fever Dreams: Hala Alyan on Displacement, Trauma, and Memory

"I spend the hours-long dream chanting the line, determined to remember it, because the part of me that is awake, that is aware, knows I will want it later."

By Hala Alyan | June 9, 2025

 “The Interviewer Wants to Know About Fashion”: A Poem by Hala Alyan

 “The Interviewer Wants to Know About Fashion”: A Poem by Hala Alyan

 “Isn’t it a miracle that they come back?”

By Hala Alyan | October 17, 2023

Two Poems by Hala Alyan

Two Poems by Hala Alyan

From Her New Collection The Twenty-Ninth Year

By Hala Alyan | January 29, 2019

7 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Writing

7 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Writing

Do the Work, Accept Rejection, Find Community

By Hala Alyan | May 1, 2017

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