Fatima Ijaz

Fatima Ijaz is a Karachi poet who received her Master’s in English and Media Studies from Rutgers University (2024), where she also taught English to first-year undergraduates. Her chapbook, Last of the Letters, was published by Bottlecap Press in 2024. Her full-length poetry collection, The Shade of Longing, was published by The Little Book Company in 2021. Her upcoming projects include Fire Morning – a theatrical response to her poems by Kulsoom Aftab. A contributing editor at Pandemonium Journal, she holds a BA in English from Hartwick College, USA, and York University, Canada, and an MA in English Linguistics from Eastern Michigan University, USA. Her poetry and short stories have been published in numerous publications, including Kyoto Journal, Ideas&Futures, Azure, The Missing Slate, Unbroken Journal, Aleph Review, Tales from Karachi, The Write Launch, Rigorous, and The Bombay Review. Her memoir was longlisted for the Zeenat Haroon Rashid Writing Prize (2022).