If I Were Another: Poems

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  The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems

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  Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza

  Winner of the 2022 Palestine Book Awards Creative Award
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  These poems emerge directly from the experience of growing up and living one’s entir…

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  Dear God. Dear Bones. Dear Yellow.

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  Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative

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  Isabella Hammad delivered the Edward W. Said Memorial …

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  Annie Proulx has written some of the most original and brilliant short stories in contemporary literature, and for many readers and reviewers, "Brokeback Mountain" is her masterpiece.

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  Hey, Wait...

  2002 Harvey Award Winner, Best New Talent: this superbly evocative story by the award-winning Norwegian cartoonist is a tale of childhood friendship and tragedy, and the terrible lingering aftereffect…

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  [...]: Poems

  From one of our most acclaimed contemporary writers, an urgent and essential collection of poems illuminating the visionary presence of Palestinians.
  
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  An exciting debut novel that gives voice to the diverse residents of a Palestinian American community in Baltimore—from young activists in conflict with their traditional parents to the poor who clean…

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  Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

  When it appeared in 1924, this work launched into the international spotlight a young and unknown poet whose writings would ignite a generation. W. S. Merwin's incomparable translation faces the origi…

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  The Human Comedy

  The place is Ithaca, in California's San Joaquin Valley. The time is World War II. The family is the Macauleys -- a mother, sister, and three brothers whose struggles and dreams reflect those of Ameri…

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