In her debut novel 'Paradise Close,' out in paperback next month from Persea, the poet tells two intergenerational stories, ...

Traveling alone taught me a lot. It taught me how to sit with myself, how to follow my instincts and how to connect with ...

Mouaz Moustafa was 9 when he and his family moved from Syria to the United States and eventually settled in Arkansas. Today, Moustafa, now 50, is executive director of the Syrian Emergency Task Force.