Sahar Romani, daughter of Indian Muslim immigrants, was born and raised in Seattle. A poet and educator, Sahar’s poems appear or are forthcoming in The Adroit Journal, Poetry Society of America, The Offing, The Margins, and The Yale Review. She is a recipient of fellowships from the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, Poets House, and New York University, where she earned her MFA and teaches writing to first-year undergraduates.