Description
In this debut collection, Eyes, Stones, Elana Bell brings her heritage as the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors to consider the difficult question of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The poems invoke characters inexorably linked to the land of Israel and Palestine. There is Zosha, a sharp-witted survivor whose burning hope for a Jewish homeland helps her endure the atrocities of the Holocaust. And there is Amal, a Palestinian whose family has worked their land for over one hundred years - through Turkish, British, Jordanian, and now Israeli rule. Other poems - inspired by interviews conducted by the poet in Israel, the Palestinian territories, and America - examine Jewish and Arab relationships to the land as biblical home, Zionist dream, modern state, and occupied territory.
About the Author
Elana Bell has conducted poetry workshops for educators, women in prison, and high school students in Israel, Palestine, and throughout the five boroughs of New York City. Her poems have appeared in Harvard Review, Massachusetts Review, CALYX, and elsewhere. Bell is the writer-in-residence at the Bronx Academy of Letters and lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Awards
Winner of Walt Whitman Award 2011.
Book Information
ISBN 9780807144640
Author Elana Bell
Format Paperback
Page Count 72
Imprint Louisiana State University Press
Publisher Louisiana State University Press
Weight(grams) 333g
The poems invoke characters inexorably linked to the land of Israel and Palestine. There is Zosha, a sharp-witted survivor whose burning hope for a Jewish homeland helps her endure the atrocities of the Holocaust. And there is Amal, a Palestinian whose family has worked their land for over one hundred years - through Turkish, British, Jordanian, and now Israeli rule. Other poems - inspired by interviews conducted by the poet in Israel, the Palestinian territories, and America - examine Jewish and Arab relationships to the land as biblical home, Zionist dream, modern state, and occupied territory.
About the Author
Elana Bell has conducted poetry workshops for educators, women in prison, and high school students in Israel, Palestine, and throughout the five boroughs of New York City. Her poems have appeared in Harvard Review, Massachusetts Review, CALYX, and elsewhere. Bell is the writer-in-residence at the Bronx Academy of Letters and lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Awards
Winner of Walt Whitman Award 2011.
Book Information
ISBN 9780807144640
Author Elana Bell
Format Paperback
Page Count 72
Imprint Louisiana State University Press
Publisher Louisiana State University Press
Weight(grams) 333g
