Fady Joudah

Fady Joudah is a Palestinian American poet, translator, and physician born in Austin, Texas, in 1971. He is the author of several poetry collections, including *The Earth in the Attic*, *Alight*, and *Textu*, and has received major honors such as the Yale Series of Younger Poets Prize and the Jackson Poetry Prize. He also translates Arabic poetry and practices internal medicine in Houston.