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Far from Algiers (Wick Poetry First Book, #14)
Djelloul Marbrook
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Description for Far from Algiers (Wick Poetry First Book, #14)
Paperback. A collection of poems that speaks of the struggle to belong in a culture that pays lip service to assimilation but does not fully accept anyone perceived as 'foreign'. Series: Wick Poetry First Book. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 113.
Djelloul Marbrook started writing poems in Manhattan when he was fourteen. In his thirties, he abandoned poetry after publishing a few poems in small journals, but he never stopped reading and studying poetry. Then at age sixty-seven, appalled by the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the poet within awakened. Stuffing sky-blue notebooks in his pockets, Marbrook began walking around Manhattan determined to affirm his beloved home in the wake of the nihilistic attacks. ""Far from Algiers"" emerged from hundreds of poems he has composed in the years since.Marbrook's voice speaks to anyone who has ever had doubts about belonging. Born in Algiers ... Read more
Djelloul Marbrook started writing poems in Manhattan when he was fourteen. In his thirties, he abandoned poetry after publishing a few poems in small journals, but he never stopped reading and studying poetry. Then at age sixty-seven, appalled by the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the poet within awakened. Stuffing sky-blue notebooks in his pockets, Marbrook began walking around Manhattan determined to affirm his beloved home in the wake of the nihilistic attacks. ""Far from Algiers"" emerged from hundreds of poems he has composed in the years since.Marbrook's voice speaks to anyone who has ever had doubts about belonging. Born in Algiers ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The Kent State University Press
Condition
New
Series
Wick Poetry First Book
Number of Pages
72
Place of Publication
Kent, OH, United States
ISBN
9780873389877
SKU
V9780873389877
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About Djelloul Marbrook
Djelloul Marbrook is a retired newspaper editor. He and his wife, Marilyn, live in Germantown, New York
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