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Acclaimed poet Khaled Mattawa conjures a pointed, incantatory account of the refugee experience during Operation Mare Nostrum.
Info autore
KHALED MATTAWA currently teaches in the graduate creative writing program at the University of Michigan. He is the author of four books of poetry, and a critical study of the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish. Mattawa has coedited two anthologies of Arab American literature and translated many volumes of contemporary Arabic poetry. His awards include the Academy of American Poets Fellowship prize, the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation, and a MacArthur Fellowship.
Riassunto
Acclaimed poet Khaled Mattawa conjures a pointed, incantatory account of the refugee experience during Operation Mare Nostrum.
Prefazione
$1,000 marketing budget; Co-op available; Advance copies available for national mailing; National print campaign including outlets in which Khaled has appeared or has been reviewed (e.g. Poetry, The Kenyon Review, Antioch Review, Best American Poetry) as well as to mailing lists for Arab-American literature, politics and current events; Online/social media campaign ; eBook available at time of publication; Giveaways
Testo aggiuntivo
"[A] writer at his most humane."
—Spencer Hupp, The Sewanee Review
"Stunning new collection."
—The National (AE)
Past Praise for Khaled Mattawa:
"With its alluring rhythms, its sweeping energy and incantations, Zodiac of Echoes is a remarkable marriage between politics and lyric intensity."
—The Missouri Review
"Through his critical essays, his poetry, and his translations, Mattawa serves as a mediator between Arab and American culture and highlights the invaluable role of literary translations in bridging cultural divides."
—MacArthur Fellowship
