Fatimah Asghar is an artist who spans across different genres and themes. They have been featured in various outlets such as Time, NPR, Teen Vogue, and the Forbes 30 Under 30 List. Their first book of poems was If They Come for Us (2018), and their debut novel, When We Were Sisters (2022), was long-listed for the National Book Award and won the inaugural Carol Shields Prize. Along with Safia Elhillo, they co-edited an anthology for Muslim people who are also women, trans, gender nonconforming, and/or queer, Halal If You Hear Me (2019). Their second book of poetry, Daughter of the Mountains, is forthcoming in July 2026, as is their short mockumentary, Anatomy of a F*ckboy.
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Fatimah Asghar’s ‘[i can’t fight]’
A new poem by Fatimah Asghar from the LARB Quarterly, no 49: ‘Traffic.’
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