Suheir Hammad is a Palestinian-American poet, author, and political activist. She was born in Amman, Jordan to Palestinian refugee parents and immigrated with her family to Brooklyn when she was five.
• NY Magazine interview with Suheir.
• EI interview.
• Her home page.
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Ross Gale is a writer and editor from the Pacific Northwest. 
WOW. Her poems are incredible.
Ya, she’s got a little power in her punch.