{"product_id":"something-about-living","title":"Something About Living","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2024 National Book Award for Poetry\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2022 Akron Poetry Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt's nearly impossible to write poetry that holds the human desire for joy and the insistent agitations of protest at the same time, but Lena Khalaf Tuffaha's gorgeous and wide-ranging new collection \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSomething About Living\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e does just that. Her poems interweave Palestine's historic suffering, the challenges of living in this world full of violence and ill will, and the gentle delights we embrace to survive that violence. Khalaf Tuffaha's elegant poems sing the fractured songs of Diaspora while remaining clear-eyed to the cause of the fracturing: the multinational hubris of colonialism and greed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis collection is her witness to our collective unraveling, vowel by vowel, syllable by syllable. ?Let the plural be a return of us? the speaker of ?On the Thirtieth Friday We Consider Plurals? says and this plurality is our tenuous humanity and the deep need to hang on to kindness in our communities. In these poems, Khalaf Tuffaha reminds us that love isn't an idea; it is a radical act.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEspecially for those who, like this poet, travel through the world vigilantly, but steadfastly remain heart first. Adrian Matejka, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSomebody Else Sold the World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail_default\"\u003ehed: USA, 2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail_default\"\u003eer: Univ of Akron Pr \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages: 84\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage: English \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: 9781629222738\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lena Khalaf Tuffaha","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56692340687179,"sku":null,"price":19.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/8755\/1819\/files\/9781629222738.jpg?v=1772623026","url":"https:\/\/desirelinesbookstore.com\/products\/something-about-living","provider":"desirelines books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}