Praise for SIN
"I am moved by each poem's quiet refusal to be still.” -J Mae Barizo, author of tender machines
"Tendered in the narratives planted throughout this book is the iconography of the body and its desires." -Adedayo Agarau, Stegner Fellow, author of The Origin of Name
SIN
SIN, my debut chapbook of poems, narrating desire, femininity, and transgression will soon be out from Chestnut Review in July 2024. Preorder link will be posted here! Do follow me on Instagram and Twitter @peelijay to stay updated and say hi!
ABOUT
Javeria Hasnain is a Brooklyn-based Pakistani poet, translator, and educator. Her poems and prose have appeared widely, most recently, in Pleiades, Poet Lore, The Brazenhead Review, and Foglifter. She is currently a Fulbright scholar and an MFA Poetry candidate at The New School, and was selected as a 2023-24 Educational Associate at Teachers & Writers Collaborative. Her interests lie at the intersection of education and literary arts. She has previously worked with Cave Canem Foundation, The Adroit Journal, and Habib University in both administrative and editorial capacities and currently serves as a Manuscript Reader for Tupelo Press.
