My Name on His Tongue: Poems

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my name on his tongue p o e m s Laila Halaby Syracuse University Press Copyright © 2012 by Syracuse University Press Syracuse, New York 13244-5290 All Rights Reserved First Edition 2012 ∞ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. For a listing of books published and distributed by Syracuse University Press, visit our Web site at SyracuseUniversityPress.syr.edu. 978-0-8156-3294-8 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Halaby, Laila. My name on his tongue : poems / by Laila Halaby. — 1st ed. p. cm. — (Arab American writing) ISBN 978-0-8156-3294-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) I. Title. PS3608.A5455M9 2012 811'.6—dc23 2012006950 Manufactured in the United States of America to my mother, for giving me my story laila halaby is the author of two novels, West of the Jordan (2003; winner of a PEN Beyond Margins Award) and Once in a Promised Land (2007). She holds an undergraduate degree in Italian and Arabic from Washington University in St. Louis, a master’s degree in Arabic literature from UCLA, and a master’s degree in counseling from Loyola Marymount University. Halaby was the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship for study of folklore in Jordan, which resulted in a collection of Palestinian folktales written for children. She lives with her family in Tucson, Arizona. ...