Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
98 pages ; 23 cm |
Summary |
"Water & Salt sings in the voices of people ravaged by cycles of war and news coverage. These poems alternately rage, laugh, celebrate and grieve. "Before we were victims, we were beloveds" these poems insist, as they invite the reader to see the human lives lived beyond the headlines"-- Provided by publisher. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents |
I. You Will Need to State the Reason for Your Visit -- Upon Arrival -- Grand mothering -- Time Travel -- Rules for Recitation -- Immigrant -- My English Teacher Tells Me -- Damascus Dowry Chest -- Dhayaa' -- Circling the Dome of the Sky -- Eating the Earth -- Tu'burni -- II. Emerging From the Ancient Wound -- Drowning -- Mountain, Stone -- Water & Salt -- Running Orders -- Abu Nasser -- Intifada Portrait -- Again and Again -- Ruin -- Blue Morning Music -- Mount Sinjar -- Newsworthy -- Superpowers -- Exceptional -- It's Beirut out Here -- III. Amulets for the Journey -- Almond Trilogy -- National Security Advisory -- Wasta -- Instructions for Making Arabic Coffee -- Amman Coiffure -- My Mother Returns to Her Childhood Home -- Whole Point -- Translation -- Lighthouse -- Relocation -- Many Hats -- Middle Village -- Time Management -- Copybooks -- Linger -- Cruising Altitude -- Naming It -- Subterranean. |
Subject |
War poetry.
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War victims -- Poetry.
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War poetry. (OCoLC)fst01170551
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War victims. (OCoLC)fst01170689
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Genre/Form |
Poetry (DNLM)D055821
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poetry. (CStmoGRI)aatgf300055931
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Poetry. (OCoLC)fst01423828
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Poetry.
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Added Title |
Poems. Selections
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Water and salt : poems |
ISBN |
9781597090292 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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1597090298 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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