| Birthright Contributor(s): Abraham, George (Author) |
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ISBN: 1943735670 ISBN-13: 9781943735679 Publisher: Button Poetry OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Family - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Places - Poetry | Middle Eastern |
| Dewey: 811.6 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.1" W x 9" (0.50 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Abraham's highly anticipated debut Birthright constructs a dialogue in which "every pronoun is a Free Palestine." Through poems of immense emotion, and the use of alluring form, Abraham crafts work that examines what we come to own by existing. Birthright begs readers to stay, to stay lucid, to stay alive, to stay present in this very moment; as it knows now is all we are guaranteed. As trauma seeps through generations, can the body deconstruct its own inheritance? In a world that only takes, what is owed? What is your Birthright, and where is home? |
Contributor Bio(s): Abraham, George: - George Abraham is a Palestinian-American Poet, Author, Activist, and Engineering PhD candidate at Harvard University. He is the author of the poetry collection Birthright (Button Poetry 2020), as well as the chapbooks al youm: for yesterday & her inherited traumas, winner of the Atlas Review's 2017 chapbook contest, and the specimen's apology, forthcoming with Sibling Rivalry Press in 2019. He is the recipient of fellowships from Kundiman, Poetry Foundation Incubator, the Watering Hole, and Brooklyn Poets, and is the winner of the 2018 Cosmonauts Avenue Poetry Prize, selected by Tommy Pico. |