Faisal Mohyuddin

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Poet Bio: Faisal Mohyuddin teaches English at Highland Park High School in suburban Chicago, was a 2014-16 fellow in the U.S. Department of State's Teachers for Global Classrooms program, and received an MFA in creative writing from Columbia College Chicago. He is also a lead educator adviser for Narrative 4, a global not-for-profit dedicated to fostering empathy through the exchange of stories. Faisal's writing and artwork have appeared in Prairie Schooner, Narrative, Chicago Quarterly Review, New England Review, Poet Lore, RHINO, the minnesota review, and elsewhere. He was a finalist in Narrative's 8th Annual Poetry Contest in 2016 and the recipient of the 2014 Edward Stanley Award from Prairie Schooner. He lives with his wife and son in Chicago.

Author Statement: I want to continue to write the best, most compelling, most beautiful poetry I can, and to continue to grow and expand my skills as a writer. want to continue to let my writing guide me toward a better understanding of my many selves, my histories and lineages (especially those which exist beyond knowing), and my relationships to those I know as well as those I don't know. I want my writing and reading to allow me to find a greater sense of belonging in this world, and to help others find that sense of belonging, too.


Your support gives me vital inspiration as I write for thirty days this month.

Tupelo Press provides the canvas, I bring my words, accompanied by other fine poets, writing thirty poems in thirty days, all ours to edit and submit as we wish. 30/30 poems have been taken by over 90 journals and featured in over 40 published chapbooks, all so Tupelo Press can keep publishing exquisite and diverse voices that might never be heard otherwise.

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