Hayan Charara

Hayan Charara is the author of four books of poetry, most recently These Trees, Those Leaves, This Flower, That Fruit (Milkweed Editions, 2022). He has also written a children’s book, The Three Lucys (Lee & Low, 2016), and a novel, Hush Little Children (Flexible Press, 2025). Born in Detroit, he lived in New York City for many years before moving to Texas, where he is a professor in the Honors College and creative writing program at the University of Houston. (updated 4/2026)