For Echo

"A thought-provoking collection that delves into the depths of human emotions, relationships, and the power of language and art, often depicting a sense of longing, loss, and the search for meaning. The poems highlight the consequences of missed opportunities, the weight of regret, and the realisation of one's own limitations. And they explore the transformative power of love-the relationship between the poet and his daughter, Alia, being a recurring theme. Through rich imagery and introspective reflections, Omar Sabbagh invites readers to contemplate the complexities of existence."
- Adam Wyeth, Associate Artist, Civic Theatre Dublin

"It's always gripping when a writer turns the textual mirror on himself and starts to reflect on his own identity. For Echo is both a highly original poetry collection and a fascinating self-portrait. In it, Omar Sabbagh uses poetry and prose to challenge and dissect his own psyche: an examination more immediate and intimate than any scenes from a life. If Sabbagh's Echo is perhaps the ideal reader, in this book he allows us to see through an exceptional mind's eye. There we glimpse the poet as he turns towards, and away from, the mirror."
- Fiona Sampson

About the author

Omar Sabbagh is a very widely published poet, writer and critic. Over the last two decades, his poetry has appeared in many prestigious venues, such as: Poetry Review, PN Review, Agenda, Acumen, New Humanist, (T&F) New Writing, The Reader Magazine, Stand, Kenyon Review, New England Review, Banipal, The Warwick Review, The Wolf Magazine, Poetry Wales, among many others. For Echo was his sixth poetry collection with Cinnamon Press, released in Spring 2024. His first collection and his third were, respectively: My Only Ever Oedipal Complaint and To The Middle of Love (Cinnamon Press, 2010/17). His fourth, But It Was an Important Failure, was published in early 2020. And Morning Lit: Portals After Alia, his fifth collection with Cinnamon Press was published in early 2022. His Beirut novella, Via Negativa: A Parable of Exile, was published with Liquorice Fish Books in March 2016; and his Dubai novella, Minutes from the Miracle City was published with Fairlight Books in July 2019. He has published much short fiction, too, some of it prize-winning. A study of the oeuvre of Professor Fiona Sampson, Reading Fiona Sampson: A Study in Contemporary Poetry and Poetics, was published with Anthem Press in 2020, and was released in revised, paperback edition at the end of 2021. His book of Lebanese verse narratives, Cedar: Scenes from Lebanese Life, was published with Northside House in summer of 2023; and a collection of his published short fictions, Y Knots, was published with Liquorice Fish Books in autumn of 2023. RIP: Poems after Gaza & Words after Waddah, a pamphlet registering loss in both a personal and political register, was published with Cinnamon Press in March 2024. He holds a BA in PPE from Oxford, three MA's, in English Literature, Creative and Life Writing, and Philosophy, all from the University of London, and a PhD in English Literature from KCL. From 2011-2013 he was Visiting Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing at the American University of Beirut (AUB); and he taught at the American University in Dubai (AUD), where he was Associate Professor of English from 2014-2024. From Fall 2024 he begins a new teaching role at the Lebanese American University (LAU).

Product details

• Authors: Omar Sabbagh
• Publisher: Cinnamon Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.11.2023
• EAN: 9781788641487
• ISBN: 978-1-78864-148-7
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 6 mm
• Weight: 133 g
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama