poet, two-time author, creative writing teacher, editor
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Threads of Palestine Anthology: Weaving Words of Witness
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Quarter Life Crisis
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(w)holehearted: a collection of poetry and prose [2nd edition]
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What I’ve been up to
11/17/2023 - The Houston Book Launch was through Generaction Jam’s monthly artist gathering and hosted several local businesses, local artists and organizations as vendors. This was the last leg of the Texas book tour.
11/05/2023 - The Dallas Book Launch was healing and community-centered. Taking place after a large protest, we hosted a panel discussion by local activists, attorneys, and writers, read some poems, and had an open mic at the end.
10/29/2023 - The Austin Book Launch was the first launch event for Quarter Life Crisis and was a beautiful success. We read poems about grief, activism, Palestine, and attendees participated by writing their own poems and engaging in a group prayer.
My SECOND poetry collection - Quarter Life Crisis was published on October 22, 2023. Buy your copy at this link!
I am now a certified Journal to the Self instructor through the Center for Journal Therapy. This is a 12-hour course that teaches attendees various ways to journal to produce therapeutic outcomes. More info here.
I’ve joined House of Amal as the Lead Writing Instructor, and will be hosting at least 2 writing hours a month on Instagram Live, every Sunday at 11 am CST on the @house.of.amal page. Join us and let’s explore the craft of writing together!
About
Award-winning author, poet, creative writing teacher, and freelance editor. Pakistani-American Muslim woman. Social worker fighting for a decolonized and accessible approach to therapy. INFJ. A 1 on the Enneagram. Drawn to all things poetry, justice, and spirituality.
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Praise for Quarter Life Crisis
Quarter Life Crisis is a Muslim woman's chronology of poems regarding the moral and spiritual dilemmas in the very troubled world around us. In her succinct & explicit showcase of some of humanity's ugliest problems, Bawany evaluates herself and the issues at hand through the lens of the mind, the ego and the soul. As she actively unravels herself into utter vulnerability in the burning world, the reader can’t help but to reflect, wrestle, and reconcile with her. This is a poetry collection for activists, for those in spiritual crisis, for those overwhelmed by the world, and for anyone who wants an honest story about heaviness, humility and hope.
- Amal Kassir, international award-winning spoken word poet
With this rich and storied collection from Sara Bawany, we join the poet in her struggle to balance the weight of youth and adulthood, inheritance and choice, tradition and questions. This beautiful collection carries us from the poet’s ancestral homeland and into Texas, bringing forward the voices of her family and their lessons with her, all of it woven together with delicate prayers.
Marked with powerful narratives and elegant poetics throughout, Sara’s voice emerges with strength and tenderness as she determines toward her own understandings.
- Suzi Q. Smith, author of A Gospel of Bones
Sara Bawany’s Quarter Life Crisis is the perfect poetic salve for any reader. Bawany is inventive and intentional with form as she lays bare not only personal crisis, but the crisis of dying american empire.
From faith to family and everywhere in between, Bawany’s subject matter is written with compassion and activism at its heart. Bawany is a voice we need in poetry now more than ever.
- SG Huerta, author of Last Stop
ask me
how many times
life broke me
and i will tell you
why
i'm a poet.
- (w)holehearted: a collection of poetry and prose
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