Jessica Awada is a poet and writer from Beirut, Lebanon. She is a first-year MFA candidate in Poetry at Texas State University and holds a B.A. in English Language and Literature from St. Olaf College (2022). Her work explores the love, grief, and resilience embedded in the Levant and its histories. She received first place with the League for Innovation: Student Literary Award for her short story “To Build a Glasshouse,” and her poetry and flash fiction appear in The Rio Review.
