Objects from April and May

• Utgivningsdatum: 2022-04-14
• Mått: 129 x 198 x 8 mm
• Vikt: 114 g
• Format: Häftad
• Språk: Engelska
• Antal sidor: 92
• Förlag: Hajar Press
• ISBN: 9781914221125

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Zena Agha is a Palestinian-Iraqi writer and poet from London. She has received fellowships from the Asian American Writers’ Workshop and the Millay Colony for the Arts. Her writing has been featured by The Margins, The New York Times and NPR. Objects from April and May is her first collection.

‘A touching journey through loss and heritage.’ — The New Arab‘Agha reminds us that any “thing,” even a girl’s bracelet can be sacred, if we make it so.’ — Words Without Borders‘A moving collection written with love and defiance.’ — Isabella Hammad, author of The Parisian‘Heartbreaking and gorgeous … explores the richness of life’s fleeting yet monumental moments, where everything is at stake.’ — Heba Hayek, author of Sambac Beneath Unlikely Skies‘Rich in memory, thought and materiality … Objects from April and May shows a serious conviction; a yearning for an alternative version of what is, and an imagining of what’s also possible.’ — Anthony Anaxagorou, author of After the Formalities‘Zena Agha’s poems shape-shift … in an ongoing attempt to inventory what has gone missing: a stolen talisman and the lost homeland that it signified.’ — Ken Chen, author of Juvenilia‘A book which feels “materially in the world”, whose poems-as-talismans can’t be stolen or lost, because they’re really alive.’ — Will Harris, author of RENDANG

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