Hana Meron (she/her) is an Ethiopian-American storyteller, writer, and joy-chaser based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is a 2022 Hurston/Wright Fellow in Poetry, a 2023 VONA Fellow in Poetry, and a 2023 Poetry Fellow of The Watering Hole. In 2023, Hana was a finalist for Cave Canem’s Starshine & Clay Fellowship. Her poetry has been published or is forthcoming in EcoTheo Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Transition, 20.35 Africa, and Library of Africa and the African Diaspora (LOATAD).

Hana is a writer and poet who is shaping a nontraditional life and delving deep into the questions that shape her values along the way. Her work explores what that looks like for a Black woman poet living, working, and seeking joy in capitalist America.

Hana holds a B.A. cum laude from Harvard University and is a current Master of Fine Arts (MFA) candidate in Poetry at Pacific University Oregon. Find Hana on Substack (Kaleidoscope Black) or on Instagram @hanameronpoetry.