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- Hijra
- Book
- 2016
- Published by: Southern Illinois University Press
- Series: Crab Orchard Series in Poetry
summary
In her third poetry collection, Hijra, Hala Alyan creates poems of migration and flight reflecting and bearing witness to the haunting particulars in her transnational journey as well as those of her mother, her aunts, and the female ancestors in Gaza and Syria.
The reader sees war, diaspora, and immigration, and hears the marginalized voices of women of color. The poems use lyrical diction and striking imagery to evoke the weight of an emotional and visceral journey. They grow and build in length and form, reflecting the gains the women in the poems make in re-creating selfhood through endurance and strength.
In prose, narrative, and confessional-style poems, Alyan reflects on how physical space is refashioned, transmitted, and remembered. Her voice is distinct, fresh, relevant, and welcoming.
The reader sees war, diaspora, and immigration, and hears the marginalized voices of women of color. The poems use lyrical diction and striking imagery to evoke the weight of an emotional and visceral journey. They grow and build in length and form, reflecting the gains the women in the poems make in re-creating selfhood through endurance and strength.
In prose, narrative, and confessional-style poems, Alyan reflects on how physical space is refashioned, transmitted, and remembered. Her voice is distinct, fresh, relevant, and welcoming.
Table of Contents
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- The Children
- p. 10
- Rapture in Absentia
- p. 13
- The Youngest Wife
- p. 14
- The Prophecy
- p. 16
- Part Three
- pp. 35-36
- First Winter
- p. 40
- In the City of Fire
- p. 42
- The Letter Home
- p. 44
- Exile Nocturne
- pp. 61-62
- Transatlantic
- p. 64
- Chirophobia
- p. 65
- Forecasting
- p. 66
- Acknowledgments
- p. 71
Additional Information
ISBN
9780809335411
Related ISBN(s)
9780809335404
MARC Record
OCLC
954481562
Pages
80
Launched on MUSE
2016-08-05
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2016