Sunday ZOOM December 8, 2024 Abdul Ali

Abdul Ali—poet, writer, and cultural worker – is an arts administrator who lives and works in Maryland. Mr. Ali has held distinguished teaching appointments at Johns Hopkins University, Howard University, and currently Morgan State University.  He is the recipient of fellowships from the Robert Deutsch Foundation, Cave Canem Foundation, and Sewanee. His debut collection of poems, Trouble Sleeping won the 2014 New Issues Poetry Book Prize. When Mr. Ali isn’t teaching writing, he’s working with community-based arts nonprofits through his consultancy.