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You can be the last leaf : selected poems / Maya Abu Al-Hayyat ; translated Fady Joudah.
Van Pelt Library PJ7908.A44 Y68 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Abū al-Ḥayyāt, Māyā, author.
- Language:
- Arabic
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Abū al-Ḥayyāt, Māyā--Translations into English.
- Abū al-Ḥayyāt, Māyā.
- Genre:
- poetry.
- Poetry.
- Translations.
- Physical Description:
- 103 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, Minnesota : Milkweed Editions, 2022.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Arabic.
- Summary:
- "Translated from the Arabic and introduced by Fady Joudah, You Can Be the Last Leaf draws on two decades of work to present the transcendent and timely US debut of Palestinian poet Maya Abu Al-Hayyat"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: I. (from The Book of Fear, 2021)
- My House
- A Road for Loss
- What If
- Ordinary Grief
- From, To
- Fear
- Like a Domestic Animal
- We
- I Don't Ask Anymore
- Massacres
- Similarities
- Plans
- Your Laughter
- Return
- Some Microbes
- Ads
- Art
- Revision
- You Can't
- II. (From House Dresses and Wars, 2016)
- Lovers Swap Language
- Search
- The Kids Are Screaming Now
- Out from under a House Dress
- Mothers Arrange Their Aches at Night
- Revolution
- We Were Young, You Gave Us a Home
- Oh My We've Grown
- Penniless
- I Suffer a Phobia Called Hope
- I Burn Time
- We Could Die in a Traffic Accident
- Sex
- My Laugh
- Since They Told Me My Love Won't Be Coming Back from the War
- Whistling
- Daily I Imagine Them
- I'm Not Saying You Lie
- I Don't Believe in Greats
- Wedding Anniversary
- Wishes
- Trash
- Energy
- III. (From That Smile, That Heart, 2012)
- Mahmoud
- Children
- Elegy for the Desire of Mothers
- Almost Dead, Almost Alive
- Psychology News
- Daydream
- That Smile, That Heart
- Empty Repetitive State
- I Didn't Love and Wasn't Loved
- I
- In Love
- IV. (From What She Spoke of Him, 2006)
- A Contemporary Novel
- About Him
- The Upcoming Dervish Dance
- What She Left in You
- The Looming Wide Path.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Abū al-Ḥayyāt, Māyā. You can be the last leaf.
- ISBN:
- 9781571315403
- 1571315403
- OCLC:
- 1262124560
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