Sanam Sheriff

Sanam Sheriff is a queer poet, artist, and educator from Bangalore, India. Their debut poetry collection HUM ہم (University of Nebraska Press) will be published in October, 2026. Sanam has received support from the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, Kundiman, Tin House, Fine Arts Work Center, Brew & Forge, Atlantic Center for the Arts, and The Watering Hole. Sanam’s work has been published in POETRY, Indiana Review, The Rumpus, Virginia Quarterly Review, The Academy of American Poets, The Adroit Journal, Outlook India, and elsewhere. Sanam holds an MFA from Washington University in St. Louis. From 2022-2025, they served as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Bryn Mawr College where they organized the Reading Series. Sanam lives in Philadelphia, and currently curates The Poets’ Studio with Twelve Gates Arts.