Draft:Sarah Ghazal Ali
Pakistani-American poet
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Sarah Ghazal Ali is a Pakistani American poet and editor.[1] Her debut poetry collection, Theophanies (Alice James Books, 2024), won the Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award for Poetry and the California Book Award Gold Medal for Poetry.[2][3] In 2025, Theophanies was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection and was a finalist for the Kate Tufts Discovery Award.[4][5]
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Comment: Typically to show that an author meet our inclusion criteria, you would need to show that they have either authored multiple books that meet our inclusion criteria for books, or that they themselves have been the subject of multiple pieces of in-depth, independent, reliable biographical coverage. Given that Ali has only authored one collection, she's probably unlikely to meet the inclusion criteria at this stage. However, you could definitely consider writing an article about Theophanies instead. MCE89 (talk) 09:11, 2 March 2026 (UTC)
Sarah Ghazal Ali | |
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| Occupation | Poet, editor |
| Language | English |
| Education | MFA, University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Notable works | Theophanies (2024) |
| Notable awards | Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award (Poetry, 2025); California Book Awards (Gold Medal for Poetry, 2025) |
Education and career
Ali earned an MFA in poetry from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.[6] She is an assistant professor of English and Creative Writing at Macalester College and the poetry editor of West Branch.[6] Theophanies has been reviewed in publications including the Los Angeles Review of Books, Publishers Weekly, and Harvard Review.[7][8][9]
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