In Atrium, awardwinning PalestinianAmerican poet Hala Alyan traces lines of global issues in personal spaces, with fervently original imagery, and a fierce passion and intense intimacy that echoes long after initial reading.The book received the 2013 Arab American Book of the Year Award for Poetry, an astounding achievement for a first collection. In addition, Alyan was recently tapped as a finalist in the Nazim Himet Poetry Competition.Already in her young career, Alyan has etched her mark on other awardwinning poets who are universal in their praise #147Dont miss the dazzling Hala Alyan. Wow. When she says #145the poetry like a spear, she isnt kidding." #151Naomi Shihab Nye #147Hala Alyans poems startle us with their beautiful, enigmatic images and capture us with their passionate engagement with the world. A powerful debut." #151Chitra Divakaruni #147For all the stunning angularity in this vision, we do not doubt that what we are seeing and sensing here is a surprising, sharpedged sense of the real, of a world that had been there all along, just waiting for this poet and these poems to reveal. Start to finish, these poems convey a singular vision and represent an important new voice in the international poetry arena." #151Fred MarchantHala Alyans Atrium is truly a remarkable debut by a poet of stunning virtuosity and range.

Binding: Paperback;104 pages; Publisher: Three Rooms Press; Classification: DC; Weight: 288 g; Dimensions: 227 x 151 x 8

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