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Liana Jahan Imam

Liana Jahan Imam is an American essayist and poet, born in Southeast Michigan. She holds an MFA from the University of Montana where she taught while also instructing at a local juvenile detention center. Imam has a 15-year history of publication in literary journals, anthologies, and zines. In Detroit, she has served as a writer-in-residence with InsideOut Literary Arts and facilitated cross-genre workshops through Room Project and Women of Banglatown. Imam is a member of Room Project’s inaugural steering committee.

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