Fatimah Asghar's poetry is brutally beautiful. Her stanzas are heavy with pain yet buoyant with light. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts to Pakistani and Kashmiri immigrants, Asghar now resides in Chicago and is a poet and performer whose work leaves you reeling.

Amy Lam talks with Fatimah about her work in this interview. Read more of Fatimah's work here: http://fatimahasghar.com/