Zahra Lahiji

Zahra is an Iranian-American writer in the MFA Program at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Her work focuses on desire, forms of imprisonment outside of incarceration, experiences of women struggling against systems of oppression, and the paradoxes that arise with moral ambiguity. She has previously worked in K-12 schools and is currently an Instructor of College Writing at the University, alongside her academic and writing pursuits.