Myra Kamal is a 16-year-old Pakistani-American writer born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. Myra is a three-time Scholastic Art and Writing National Medalist, a Regional American Voices Nominee in poetry, and was published in The Best Teen Writing of 2018. She is also cofounder of the borderline, an online youth literary magazine. She is a junior attending Rancho Solano Prep School.
Performances
14 August 2021. Youth Poet Laureate Appointment Ceremony.
19 February 2022. Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University.
Featured performer. 23 April 2022. Tucson Poetry Festival. Performed alongside TC Tolbert, Susan Briante, Eleanor Kedney, and Lauren Camp.
Workshops & Projects
19 February 2022. Poems in Migration Workshop.
30 December 2021. Instagram Live workshop.
Producer of the Desert Dwellers Podcast.
Founder, editor-in-chief of the borderline magazine.
Press
21 September 2021. KJZZ News. Article.
Appearance on Buttons & Figs Podcast.
14 August 2021. Youth Poet Laureate Appointment Ceremony.
19 February 2022. Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University.
Featured performer. 23 April 2022. Tucson Poetry Festival. Performed alongside TC Tolbert, Susan Briante, Eleanor Kedney, and Lauren Camp.
Workshops & Projects
19 February 2022. Poems in Migration Workshop.
30 December 2021. Instagram Live workshop.
Producer of the Desert Dwellers Podcast.
Founder, editor-in-chief of the borderline magazine.
Press
21 September 2021. KJZZ News. Article.
Appearance on Buttons & Figs Podcast.