May 25, 2025

Maya Salameh

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Maya Salameh is the author of Mermaid Theory (Haymarket Books, 2026) and How to Make an Algorithm in the Microwave (University of Arkansas Press, 2022), winner of the Etel Adnan Poetry Prize. Her work has appeared in The Offing, Poetry, The Rumpus, AGNI, and Mizna, among others. She can be found @mayaslmh.

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