Aria Aber

Aria Aber was raised in Germany, where she was born to Afghan refugees. She is the author of the novel Good Girl and the poetry collection Hard Damage.

Night Knowledge

What I learned at the club
Aria Aber
March 16, 2026

Fady Joudah

The poet on how the war in Gaza changed his work
Aria Aber
February 28, 2024

Louise Glück

A poet you couldn’t hide from
Aria Aber
October 19, 2023
Chimneys in snow. Anonymous / Creative Commons.

First Snow

Aria Aber
January 1, 2020
Joseph De Martini, Docks on Sunday, ca. 1941, Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Hades

Aria Aber
January 1, 2020
A muddy scene at Bellingshausen, a Russian Antarctic base on King George Island. Loranchet / Creative Commons.

Nostos

Aria Aber
January 1, 2020