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Talking through the Door: An Anthology of Contemporary Middle Eastern American Writing (Arab American Writing)
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Hardcover. Editor(s): Atefat-Peckham, Susan. Series: Arab American Writing. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 499.
The writers included here are descendants of multiple cultural heritages and reflect the perspectives of various ethnic and cultural backgrounds: Egyptian, Iranian, Iraqi, Jordanian, Lebanese, Libyan, Palestinian, Syrian. They are from diverse socioeconomic classes and spiritual sensibilities: Jewish, Muslim, Christian, and atheist, among others. Yet they coexist in this volume as simply American voices.
Atefat-Peckham gathered poetry and prose from sixteen accomplished writers whose works concern a variety of themes: from the familial cross–cultural misunderstandings and conflicts in the works of Iranian American writers Nahid Rachlin and Roger Sedarat to the mysticism of Khaled Mattawa’s poems; from the ... Read more
The writers included here are descendants of multiple cultural heritages and reflect the perspectives of various ethnic and cultural backgrounds: Egyptian, Iranian, Iraqi, Jordanian, Lebanese, Libyan, Palestinian, Syrian. They are from diverse socioeconomic classes and spiritual sensibilities: Jewish, Muslim, Christian, and atheist, among others. Yet they coexist in this volume as simply American voices.
Atefat-Peckham gathered poetry and prose from sixteen accomplished writers whose works concern a variety of themes: from the familial cross–cultural misunderstandings and conflicts in the works of Iranian American writers Nahid Rachlin and Roger Sedarat to the mysticism of Khaled Mattawa’s poems; from the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Series
Arab American Writing
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815633471
SKU
V9780815633471
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About
Susan Atefat-Peckham (1970-2004) was assistant professor of English, speech, and journalism at Georgia College and State University, USA. She wrote That Kind of Sleep and Black Eyed Bird, and her poems have appeared in several journals.
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