Hannah Hasan’s poetry is rooted in family, embedded in community, and centered on the marginalized

By Cameron Lee April 23, 2026 Photo: Dionna Bright When the popular spoken word television series Def Poetry Jam was at its height, Hannah Hasan was still in high school in Statesville, North Carolina — a place where she often felt out of place as the second youngest of six children in a proud Muslim … Continue reading Hannah Hasan’s poetry is rooted in family, embedded in community, and centered on the marginalized