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Poetry as a Form of Madness—Review of a Friendship

Poetry as a Form of Madness—Review of a Friendship

Youssef Rahka introduces us to his Egyptian friend Maged Zaher and his seventh volume of poetry, composed in...

JULY 15, 2022 • By Laila Halaby
Poems of Palestinian Motherhood, Loss, Desire and Hope

Poems of Palestinian Motherhood, Loss, Desire and Hope

Eman Quotah reviews the new poetry collection from Palestinian poet Maya Abu-Alhayyat, translated by Fady Joudah.

JULY 4, 2022 • By Eman Quotah
Zajal — the Darija Poets of Morocco

Zajal — the Darija Poets of Morocco

Author and Darija translator Deborah Kapchan recalls her friendship with two of Morocco's greatest contemporary poets.

APRIL 11, 2022 • By Deborah Kapchan
Gaza Poet Mosab Abu Toha, in conversation with Mary Karr

Gaza Poet Mosab Abu Toha, in conversation with Mary Karr

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Nowruz and The Sins of the New Day

Nowruz and The Sins of the New Day

Guest columnist Maha Tourbah considers the advent of the Spring Equinox, Zoroastrian Nowruz and hopes for peace.

MARCH 21, 2022 • By Micaela Amateau Amato
“Gluttony” from Abbas Beydoun’s “Frankenstein’s Mirrors”

“Gluttony” from Abbas Beydoun’s “Frankenstein’s Mirrors”

Lebanese poet-novelist Abbas Baydoun reflects in an autobiographical mode on the melancholy of language and existence, while contemplating...

MARCH 15, 2022 • By Abbas Baydoun
Three Poems of Love and Desire by Nouri Al-Jarrah

Three Poems of Love and Desire by Nouri Al-Jarrah

Three poems of love and desire, composed in Beirut during the darkest days of the civil war, and war...

MARCH 15, 2022 • By Noreen Moustafa
Two Poems by Sophia Armen

Two Poems by Sophia Armen

L.A. Armenian poet and activist Sophia Armen is an American original.

FEBRUARY 15, 2022 • By Sophia Armen
L.A. Story: Poems from Laila Halaby

L.A. Story: Poems from Laila Halaby

Poet and novelist Laila Halaby writes her Los Angeles experience in a cascade of words that indelibly capture...

FEBRUARY 15, 2022 • By Abeer Esber
Etel Adnan’s Sun and Sea: In Remembrance

Etel Adnan’s Sun and Sea: In Remembrance

Art critic Arie Amaya-Akkermans summons the gods of art and poetry as he reviews the life work of...

NOVEMBER 19, 2021 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
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