Andrea Abi-Karam

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Andrea Abi-Karam is an arab-american genderqueer punk poet-performer cyborg, writing on the art of killing bros, the intricacies of cyborg bodies, trauma & delayed healing. Their chapbook, THE AFTERMATH (Commune Editions, 2016), attempts to queer Fanon’s vision of how poetry fails to inspire revolution. Andrea's first book, EXTRATRANSMISSION [Kelsey Street Press, 2019], is a poetic critique of the U.S. military's role in the War on Terror. They toured with Sister Spit March 2018 & live in New York.