Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear
ISBN: 9780872868885
Сategory: Poetry
Date: April 26, 2022
Number of pages: 66 pages
Language: English
Format: EPUB
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Author's debut publication.
This is a rare collection from a Gazan poet published in English, and written during a moment of great crisis in that region.
Abu Toha is one of the relatively few on-the-ground Palestinians whose accounts of daily life in Gaza aren’t thwarted, censored, or cut off altogether.
Most collections of Palestinian poetry currently on the market are authored by diasporic individuals, whereas Abu Toha lives and works in Gaza, and thus has lived experience of various armed conflicts.
As the conversation about the repeated military assaults on the Gaza Strip becomes more sympathetic to Palestinians' struggle against Israel’s ongoing military occupation, poet Mosab Abu Toha’s perspective becomes indispensable.
The book will include an appended interview, which will contextualize the poems and highlight key issues faced by Gaza residents.
Approximately 15 color photos will be included, constituting a visual poem. Each photograph will be accompanied by one or two lines of verse.
Author in the U.S. at book launch: Abu Toha plans to be at University of Notre Dame during the Spring 2022 semester, and plans to be in the United States for the launch of this book. Notre Dame sponsors a series on the Literatures of Annihilation, Exile & Resistance, in which Abu Toha’s work will be featured.
Mosab Abu Toha has been recognized by prestigious American institutions: in 2019-2020, Toha was a Visiting Poet at Harvard University. From 2020-2021, Abu Toha held a Cultural Freedom Fellowship from the Lannan Foundation.
The author has received a Lannan Fellowship, and we will be working with the Lannan Foundation to promote the work.
Naomi Shihab Nye is eager to help make this book a success, and we will be reaching out to other diasporic Palestinian writers for not only endorsements, but for interviews, features, and other writing in support of this book.
Other fans of Mosab's writing include Mary Karr, author of The Liar's Club, Noam Chomsky, who supports the author's work on the Edward Said Library (and introduced him at an event at the University of Arizona in early 2020), and Rabih Alameddine, author of An Unnecessary Woman.
Abu Toha’s essays have been published in The Nation and his poetry on the Poetry Foundation’s web site, as well as author Rabih Alameddine’s popular blog.
Librarians are familiar with the author due to his presence at the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting held in Philadelphia, January 2020. He took part in the International Responsibilities Task Force’s (IRTF) sponsored discussion, “Libraries in Gaza: Between Despair and Hope.” That same year, he also spoke at the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University, and the University of Arizona
The Markaz Review published a feature on Abu Toha for their Gaza issue in July 2021. They will also review the book when it’s published in Spring 2022.
This is a rare collection from a Gazan poet published in English, and written during a moment of great crisis in that region.
Abu Toha is one of the relatively few on-the-ground Palestinians whose accounts of daily life in Gaza aren’t thwarted, censored, or cut off altogether.
Most collections of Palestinian poetry currently on the market are authored by diasporic individuals, whereas Abu Toha lives and works in Gaza, and thus has lived experience of various armed conflicts.
As the conversation about the repeated military assaults on the Gaza Strip becomes more sympathetic to Palestinians' struggle against Israel’s ongoing military occupation, poet Mosab Abu Toha’s perspective becomes indispensable.
The book will include an appended interview, which will contextualize the poems and highlight key issues faced by Gaza residents.
Approximately 15 color photos will be included, constituting a visual poem. Each photograph will be accompanied by one or two lines of verse.
Author in the U.S. at book launch: Abu Toha plans to be at University of Notre Dame during the Spring 2022 semester, and plans to be in the United States for the launch of this book. Notre Dame sponsors a series on the Literatures of Annihilation, Exile & Resistance, in which Abu Toha’s work will be featured.
Mosab Abu Toha has been recognized by prestigious American institutions: in 2019-2020, Toha was a Visiting Poet at Harvard University. From 2020-2021, Abu Toha held a Cultural Freedom Fellowship from the Lannan Foundation.
The author has received a Lannan Fellowship, and we will be working with the Lannan Foundation to promote the work.
Naomi Shihab Nye is eager to help make this book a success, and we will be reaching out to other diasporic Palestinian writers for not only endorsements, but for interviews, features, and other writing in support of this book.
Other fans of Mosab's writing include Mary Karr, author of The Liar's Club, Noam Chomsky, who supports the author's work on the Edward Said Library (and introduced him at an event at the University of Arizona in early 2020), and Rabih Alameddine, author of An Unnecessary Woman.
Abu Toha’s essays have been published in The Nation and his poetry on the Poetry Foundation’s web site, as well as author Rabih Alameddine’s popular blog.
Librarians are familiar with the author due to his presence at the American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting held in Philadelphia, January 2020. He took part in the International Responsibilities Task Force’s (IRTF) sponsored discussion, “Libraries in Gaza: Between Despair and Hope.” That same year, he also spoke at the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University, and the University of Arizona
The Markaz Review published a feature on Abu Toha for their Gaza issue in July 2021. They will also review the book when it’s published in Spring 2022.
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