Naomi Shihab Nye

Naomi Shihab Nye was the poetry editor of the Texas Observer for 28 years. She is a poet, essayist, and novelist living in San Antonio. She has edited eight anthologies of poetry, including Is This Forever or What? Poems & Paintings from Texas. Her collection 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East, was a finalist for the National Book Award. She is the author of two acclaimed novels for teens, Habibi and Going Going, and a recent novel for children, The Turtle of Oman.