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- My Name On His Tongue: Poems
- 2012
- Book
- Published by: Syracuse University Press
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This unique collection of poetry reaches out to readers of all kinds, offering the compelling voice of a woman who grew up and lived in the United State as an Arab and an American.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- p. xi
- you can be a tourist at home
- pp. 1-6
- the journey
- pp. 9-17
- grandfathers
- pp. 18-19
- di dove sei?1
- pp. 20-22
- browner shades of White
- pp. 26-27
- Air Force visitors
- pp. 28-29
- letter to my brother
- pp. 34-35
- a call to Irbid
- p. 40
- freedom fighter
- pp. 41-42
- identity card
- pp. 43-44
- handfuls of wind
- pp. 46-47
- good morning
- pp. 48-49
- a moonlit visit
- pp. 52-55
- love thing
- pp. 56-57
- your country
- pp. 59-60
- motherhood
- pp. 63-64
- home, again
- p. 65
- home (one last time)
- p. 72
- after a reading by Khaled Mattawa
- pp. 77-80
- letter to an Israeli soldier
- pp. 85-89
- August 16, 1990
- p. 91
- a day at the park a few days Before
- pp. 92-94
- penmanship: the Iraq war, day 4
- pp. 95-96
- rage: the Iraq war, day 6
- pp. 97-100
- demonstrators
- pp. 101-102
- intentions
- pp. 103-105
- refugee (of love)
- pp. 106-108
- taking a moment to thank our sponsors
- pp. 110-111
- could be Beirut, July, 2006
- pp. 112-116
- strange men in my house
- pp. 121-124
- homeland security
- pp. 125-127
Additional Information
ISBN
9780815651734
Related ISBN
9780815632948
MARC Record
OCLC
806431299
Pages
136
Launched on MUSE
2012-07-25
Language
English
Open Access
No
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