Issam Zineh (he/him) is a Los Angeles-born, Palestinian-American poet and scientist. He is the author of the forthcoming chapbook The Moment of Greatest Alienation (Ethel, 2021). His most recent poems appear or are forthcoming in Pleiades, Tahoma Literary Review, Guesthouse, Lunch Ticket, Bear Review, Sporklet, Glass (Poets Resist), Poet Lore, and elsewhere. Find him at issamzineh.com.