Hala Alyan

Poet, Psychologist

**Hala Alyan** is an award-winning Palestinian American poet, novelist and clinical psychologist whose work has appeared in numerous journals including \_The Missouri Review\_, \_Prairie Schooner\_ and \_Colorado Review\_. Alyan was born in Carbondale, Illinois, and grew up in Kuwait, Oklahoma, Texas, Maine, and Lebanon. She is the author of three poetry collections and has been awarded a Lannan Foundation fellowship. She resides in Brookyln with her husband. Photo: [HalaAlyan.com](https://halaalyan.com/bio/ "Hala Alyan")