Luisa Muradyan
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Biography
Luisa Muradyan is originally from Odesa, Ukraine and came to the United States as a Jewish refugee. She is the author of I Make Jokes When I\\\’m Devastated (SMU Project Poetica, 2025) When the World Stopped Touching (YesYes Books, 2027), and American Radiance (University of Nebraska Press, 2018). She holds a Ph.D. in Poetry from the University of Houston and won the 2017 Raz/ Shumaker Prairie Schooner Book Prize. Additionally, Muradyan is a member of the Cheburashka Collective, a group of women and nonbinary writers from the former Soviet Union. Additional work can be found at Best American Poetry, the Threepenny Review, Ploughshares, and Only Poems, among others.
What is the relationship between Judaism and/or Jewish culture and your poetry?
I often write about my Jewish identity, both from the perspective of an immigrant from the Soviet Union and as a bridge to connect with my ancestors.
Published Works
When the World Stopped Touching (YesYes Books, 2027)
I Make Jokes When I\\\’m Devastated (SMU Bridwell Press, 2025)
American Radiance (University of Nebraska Press, 2018)
Links to Sample Works
OnlyPoems, Selection of Poems, https://onlypoems.com/poets/luisa-muradyan
The Sun, I Make Jokes When I\\\’m Devastated, https://www.thesunmagazine.org/authors/12129-luisa-muradyan
Narrative, My Daughter\\\’s Daughter is Sad, https://www.narrativemagazine.com/issues/narrative-backstage/poetry/my-daughters-daughter-sad-luisa-muradyan
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Education
University of Houston, PhD in Poetry
Texas State University, MFA in Poetry
University of Kansas, BA in History