“how the dream ends” appears in Issue 42 *** Thinking about how this poem came…

Janan Alexandra
Janan Alexandra is a Lebanese American poet and educator. She recently joined the English Department at The Hotchkiss School where she teaches literature and creative writing to young folks. Janan’s work has received support from the Fulbright program, the Martha’s Vineyard Institute for Creative Writing, the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, and the Bucknell Seminar for Younger Poets. You can read her poems in Beloit Poetry Journal, Ploughshares, Gulf Coast, Mizna, and elsewhere online and in print. In addition to writing and teaching, Janan plays fiddle in a folk duo called Sweet May Dews. Website: www.jananalexandra.com Instagram: @laptitevaliserouge