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So What New & Selected Poems 1973 2005

by Taha Muhammad Ali
So What New & Selected Poems 1973 2005

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ISBN10: 1556592450
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“Taha Muhammad Ali speaks with an emotional forthrightness. . . . He has developed a style that seems both ancient and new, deceptively simple and movingly direct.”—The Washington Post

Taha Muhammad Ali is a revered Palestinian poet whose work is driven by vivid imagination, disarming humor, and unflinching honesty. As a boy he was exiled from his hometown, but rather than turning to a protest poetry of black-and-white slogans to convey this loss, he has created art of the highest order. His poems portray experiences that range from catastrophe to splendor, each preserving an essential human dignity.

Neither music

fame nor wealth,

not even poetry itself,

could provide consolation

for life’s brevity,

or the fact that King Lear

is a mere eighty pages long, and comes to an end,

and for the thought that one might suffer greatly

on account of a rebellious child.

So What will include Arabic en face and introductions by co-translators Gabriel Levin and Peter Cole. Muhammad Ali will be one of the international poets featured at the 2006 Dodge Poetry Festival, and he will embark on a reading tour of the United States in the fall of 2006.

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Poetry. Middle Eastern Studies. Translated by Peter Cole, Yahya Hijazi, and Gabriel Levin. Taha Muhammad Ali is a revered Palestinian poet whose work is driven by vivid imagination, disarming humor, and unflinching honesty. As a boy he was exiled from his hometown, but rather than turning to a protest poetry of black-and-white slogans to convey this loss, he has created art of highest order. His poems portray experiences that range from catastrophe to splendor, each preserving an essential human dignity. Born in 1931 in Galilee, Taha Muhammad Ali fled to Lebanon during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. He later slipped back across the border with his family and settled in Nazareth, where he owns and operates a souvenir shop.

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The first American publication of a major Palestinian poet, whose international festival readings attract vast audiences.

About the Author

Taha Muhammad Ali is a leading poet in Palestinian. Born in 1931 in Galilee, he fled to Lebanon during the 1948 war. A year later he slipped across the border with his family and settled in Nazareth. The longtime owner of a souvenir shop, Ali is self-taught in contemporary literature and is a favorite reader at international literature festivals. Peter Cole has published two collections of poety and several translations from medieval and contemporary Hebrew. His Selected Poems of Shmuel HaNagid (Princeton) received the MLA Translation Award.

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ISBN:
9781556592454
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
09/01/2006
Publisher:
COPPER CANYON PRESS
Pages:
197
Height:
.68IN
Width:
6.08IN
Thickness:
.75
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
2006
UPC Code:
2801556592456
Author:
Taha Muhammad 'Ali
Translator:
Yahya Hijazi
Author:
Ali Taha
Author:
Taha Muhammad Ali
Translator:
Peter Cole
Author:
Peter Cole
Translator:
Gabriel Levin
Translator:
Gabriel Levin
Translator:
Yahya Hijazi
Translator:
Yahya Hijazi
Author:
Peter (TRN) Cole
Author:
Yahya (TRN) Hijazi
Author:
Gabriel (TRN) Levin
Author:
Taha Muhammad Ali
Subject:
Anthologies-Miscellaneous International Poetry

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