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Filled with vivid, often dreamlike pictures from the natural world, the poems of Zelda Schneurson Mishkovsky, known to her Hebrew readers simply as Zelda, are unlike anything else in Hebrew literature. Zelda was the daughter and granddaughter of...

A rich anthology of pre-Islamic and early Islamic poetry on the beauties and perils of the hunt In the poems of Fate the Hunter, many of them translated into English for the first time, trained cheetahs chase oryx, and goshawks glare from falconers'...

Despite his towering presence in premodern Persian letters, Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafiz of Shiraz (d. 1390) remains an elusive and opaque character for many. In order to look behind the hyperbole that surrounds Hafiz's poetry and penetrate the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525537786Author Melody MoezziFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint TarcherPerigeePublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

The most popular story in all of India and a classic of world literature is summarised in 728 verses in the great epic Mahabharata. Intended for independent study or classroom use for students of various levels who have had a basic introduction to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892555673Author Hala AlyanFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Persea Books IncPublisher Persea Books IncWeight(grams) 400gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 157mm...

Hanoch Levin's poetry stands alone as a single volume in his collected works, which run to fifteen volumes of drama and prose. Levin's poetic voice - mordant, witty, irreverent, erotic and highly satirical, yet also whimsical and delicate - is arresting,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486850344Author Jalalu'L-Din RumiFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800316188Author Amanda DufourFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint New Generation PublishingPublisher New Generation PublishingWeight(grams) 130g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995120426Author Keith HillFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint Attar BooksPublisher Attar BooksWeight(grams) 209gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 9mm

A prominent practitioner of the Arabic "very short story" (al-qisa al-qasira jiddan), Osama Alomar's poetic fictions embody the wisdom of Kahlil Gibran filtered through the violent gray absurdity of Assad's police state. Fullblood Arabian is the first...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999058890Author Eli Tareq El Bechelany-LynchFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Metonymy PressPublisher Metonymy PressWeight(grams) 152g

This is a newly translated collection of poetry - in a bilingual edition - by Francophone writer Nadia Tueni, including more than forty selected poems, together with articles on Tueni's work. This book comprises both Christophe Ippolito and Paul B...

In the Temple of a Patient GodTranslated by Ruth Christie with an introduction by Maureen FreelyVisible Poets series no. 12, parallel-text edition"To read Bejan Matur is to walk into a windswept desert strewn with bones and broken bodies and stones...

Rafey Habib was born in India, grew up in England, and now lives in America. In 'Shades of Islam', Habib provides a dazzling and moving collection of poetry that addresses faith, love, politics and Islam in the 21st century.Kube Publishing Ltd.About the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Best Translated Book Award (Poetry) 2012.Book InformationISBN 9781882295890Author Amal Al-JubouriFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Alice James...

Text Messages is the first multi-genre collection by Montreal-based Iraqi hip-hop artist, activist, and professor Yassin "Narcy" Alsalman. Composed entirely on a smartphone during air travel and married to artwork from comrades, Narcy 's writing speaks...

Errant, Gabriel Levin's sixth collection, opens and ends with invocations: of Venus at dawn and Hesperus at dusk. The book's day takes us on a three-part planetary journey. `What Drew Me On' is inspired by Tamara Rikman's free-floating works on paper and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636209104Author Muslih Al-Din Bin Abdalla Saadi ShiraziFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Persian Learning CenterPublisher Persian Learning...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156030502Author Yehuda AmichaiFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Wadsworth Publishing Co IncPublisher Cengage Learning, IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781938289262Author Maryam MafiFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Hierophant PublishingPublisher Hierophant Publishing

Fugitive Atlas is a sweeping, impassioned account of refugee crises, military occupations, and ecological degradation, an acute and probing journey through a world in upheaval. Khaled Mattawa's chorus of speakers finds moments of profound solace in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375712432Author Marle HammondFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Everyman's Library USAPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm)...

In a groundbreaking study of contemporary Arab political poetry, Flagg Miller provides a wide range of insights into the ways that modern media aesthetics are shaped by language and culture. Investigating a vibrant audio-recording industry in southern...

In Mahmoud Darwish: The Poet's Art and His Nation, Mattawa pays tribute to one of the most celebrated and well-read poets of our era. With detailed knowledge of Arabic verse and a firm grounding in Palestinian history, Mattawa explores the ways in which...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781881163671Author Jalal-Uddin RumiFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Miami University PressPublisher Miami University PressWeight(grams) 399g

Armenia's most significant contemporary poet, Razmik Davoyan is one of a handful of names in Armenian literature which define not only an era, but go much further to embody an entire history. Davoyan's work reflects the experiences of an old nation, yet...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789963610372Author Najwa Kawar FarahFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Rimal Publications,CyprusPublisher Rimal Publications,CyprusWeight(grams)...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781775256762Author Yasmine HajFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Trace PressPublisher Trace PressWeight(grams) 181gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 10mm

One more rock thrown onto the pile to tumble the mountain on my chest -Hasib Hourani Hasib Hourani's rock flight is a book-length poem that, over seven chapters, follows a single personal and historical narrative centered on the violent occupation of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734437768Author Aisha ElbgalFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Nomadic PressPublisher Nomadic Press

Winner of 2024 Sarabande 2024 Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry and chosen by Publishers Weekly as one of the Top 10 Poetry collections for Spring 2026, Edward Salem's Intifadas is asubversive collection about Palestinian resistance, liberation and...

From an award-winning, innovative poet, a bold reimagination of Arab American womanhood in the modern military age In her second full-length collection, Maya Salameh offers a profound exploration of Arab American identity, weaving together themes of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781948017589Author Marc KaminskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint DOS Madres PressPublisher DOS Madres PressWeight(grams) 177gDimensions(mm) 226mm *...

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An expansive bilingual anthology, Tracing the Ether showcases twenty-six acclaimed Saudi poets who are reimagining their place in our interconnected, digital world. Breaking away from the traditional focus on pre-Islamic Arabian poetry, this collection...

An experimental collection of "proems" from poet and author Leyl Erbil, the first Turkish woman toever be nominated for the Nobel.In this remarkable novel-in-verse, a young woman named Lahzen comes of age grappling with a culturegripped by interethnic...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798888904244Author George AbrahamFormat HardbackPage Count 300Imprint Haymarket BooksPublisher Haymarket Books