Alisa Velaj is an Abanian poet whose work has appeared in a number of international magazines, including ‘The Cannon’s Mouth’ (UK), ‘The Midnight Diner’ (USA), ‘Poetica’ (USA), ‘Time of Singing’ (USA) and ‘Enhance’ (USA). She also has work in forthcoming issues of ‘The French Literary Review’ and ‘Canto’. Her poems are translated into English by Ukë Buçpapaj.