Raza Ali Hasan has a book of poems, Grieving Shias, with Sheep Meadow Press. He received an MFA from Syracuse University where he was a University Fellow. He also has an MA in English from University of Texas at Austin. His poems have appeared in Agni, Shenandoah, Tampa Review, Cimarron Review, Puerto del Sol and Poetry International. He is currently a Visiting Professor at Iowa State University.