India, April 6 -- What exciting projects are you currently focused on?

I'm finishing a non-fiction book about teaching yoga in the Palestinian West Bank and contemplative practices in Palestine. The ongoing war has made it hard to focus, as activism takes priority, but I'm committed to telling this important story. I'm also working on new poems dealing with grief after my mom's passing, along with smaller articles. Additionally, I'm compiling a new collection of my essays on poetry for Wesleyan University Press, my first in nearly 10 years. The release date is uncertain, but it will happen.

Every writer has a secret writing-force. What's yours?

Yeah, I think language is how I write, for how I experience the world. People who dance have...