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Something about living / Lena Khalaf Tuffaha ; cover design by Amy Freels.

Tuffaha, Lena Khalaf, (author.). Freels, Amy, (book designer.).

Summary:

"It's nearly impossible to write poetry that holds the human desire for joy and the insistent agitations of protest at the same time, but Lena Khalaf Tuffaha's gorgeous and wide-ranging new collection Something About Living does just that. Her poems interweave Palestine's historic suffering, the challenges of living in this world full of violence and ill will, and the gentle delights we embrace to survive that violence. Khalaf Tuffaha's elegant poems sing the fractured songs of Diaspora while remaining clear-eyed to the cause of the fracturing: the multinational hubris of colonialism and greed. This collection is her witness to our collective unraveling, vowel by vowel, syllable by syllable."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781629222738
  • ISBN: 1629222739
  • Physical Description: 81 pages ; 23 cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: Akron, Ohio : The University of Akron Press, 2024.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references in "Notes & Acknowledgments" (pages 79-81)
Formatted Contents Note:
Transit -- I. Variations on a last chance ; Portraits of light ; Beit Anya ; Dialogic ; When the sky is no longer ; Maritime nocturne ; A single word: Home ; Fragments from a sudden crescendo ; Threads ; On the thirtieth Friday we consider plurals ; First-generation -- II. Enter here ; To be self-evident ; This day our daily bread ; In case of emergency ; Envelope ; In Palestine there ; On translation ; Triptych ; Maqluba ; Dendrology ; Notes from the Civil Discourse Committee ; Iconic ; Sfumato ; Long distance ; Other words for blue ; Madwoman Ghazal ; Slipshape -- III. Letter to June Jordan in September ; Tantoura redux ; Apricots ; Gloria ; Autocorrect ; Zaghareed ; Welcome ; Golden ; Crowdsourced ; Dukka.
Awards Note:
National Book Award, 2024
Akron Poetry Prize, 2022
Subject: Life > Poetry.
Palestinian Arabs > Poetry.
Imperialism > Poetry.
Palestine > Poetry.
Genre: Poetry.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Sage Library System.

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Baker County Library 811.6 .T914s 2024 (Text) 37814003704435 NON-FICTION - NEW Reshelving -
Cascade Locks Library 811 TUF 2024 (Text) 33892101014026 Adult New Books Available -

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520 . ‡a"It's nearly impossible to write poetry that holds the human desire for joy and the insistent agitations of protest at the same time, but Lena Khalaf Tuffaha's gorgeous and wide-ranging new collection Something About Living does just that. Her poems interweave Palestine's historic suffering, the challenges of living in this world full of violence and ill will, and the gentle delights we embrace to survive that violence. Khalaf Tuffaha's elegant poems sing the fractured songs of Diaspora while remaining clear-eyed to the cause of the fracturing: the multinational hubris of colonialism and greed. This collection is her witness to our collective unraveling, vowel by vowel, syllable by syllable."-- ‡cProvided by publisher.
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