Description
Tahrir Suite is a book-length poem that contemplates immigration, homeland, and diaspora in the twenty-first century. The poem, inspired by recent events in Egypt, cycles through the journey of two Egyptians moving across borders, languages, cultures, landscapes, and political systems while their life in the U.S. diaspora evolves and their home country undergoes revolutionary change.
Written from a perspective and about a place that is virtually unexplored in contemporary American poetry, Tahrir Suite works to capture the complicated essence of what it means to be from a specific place that is experiencing such radical change and how our understandings of ""home"" and ""place"" constantly evolve. Tahrir Suite is a musical meditation on what it means to be a global citizen in contemporary times.
About the Author
Matthew Shenoda is the author of the poetry collections Seasons of Lotus, Seasons of Bone (2009) and Somewhere Else (2005), which won the American Book Award. He is currently Associate Dean of the School of Fine and Performing Arts at Columbia College, Chicago, USA.
Book Information
ISBN 9780810130241
Author Matthew Shenoda
Format Paperback
Page Count 88
Imprint Northwestern University Press
Publisher Northwestern University Press
Weight(grams) 138g
Written from a perspective and about a place that is virtually unexplored in contemporary American poetry, Tahrir Suite works to capture the complicated essence of what it means to be from a specific place that is experiencing such radical change and how our understandings of ""home"" and ""place"" constantly evolve. Tahrir Suite is a musical meditation on what it means to be a global citizen in contemporary times.
About the Author
Matthew Shenoda is the author of the poetry collections Seasons of Lotus, Seasons of Bone (2009) and Somewhere Else (2005), which won the American Book Award. He is currently Associate Dean of the School of Fine and Performing Arts at Columbia College, Chicago, USA.
Book Information
ISBN 9780810130241
Author Matthew Shenoda
Format Paperback
Page Count 88
Imprint Northwestern University Press
Publisher Northwestern University Press
Weight(grams) 138g
