The Mediterranean Sea (البحر المتوسّط) By Ameer Hamad (tr. Gabrielle Alvarez) I was a shy child whose father was drowning before him He shouted to…
The Walls of the Holy City
The Walls of the Holy City (أسوار البلدة المقدّسة) By Ameer Hamad (tr. Gabrielle Alvarez) Boredom stopped me at the gate of the Holy City…
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (قدس) By Ameer Hamad (tr. Gabrielle Alvarez) I never loved you I chase my heart in your alleyways before it finds the path that…
The King’s Palace Near Jerusalem
The King’s Palace Near Jerusalem (قصر الملك قرب القدس) By Ameer Hamad (tr. Gabrielle Alvarez) The palace was there on the hill overlooking the divide…
That Summer
That Summer (ذلك الصّيف) By Ameer Hamad (tr. Amine Bit) Why am I thinking of her now? Is it the weather? Is it the bike…
Far From My People and Their Enemies
Far From My People and Their Enemies (بعيدٌ عن أهلي وأعدائهم) By Ameer Hamad (tr. Hoda Ali) I don’t belong to anyone Not even to…
Review: THE WESTERN IS A SPEECH ACT. RUN TIME APPROX 20 MIN
Mid-September, I attended an exposition of local and regional experiments in text and sound hosted by Opus 40, an upstate museum and sculpture park located…
Review: Pig
Sam Sax’s Pig follows the queer, Jewish writer and educator’s two prior successful poetry books, Madness (2017) and bury it (2018). Composed of poems published…
Sunday Staff Picks: November 26th
Mona Awad’s Rouge is obsessed with reflections— self-perceptions and the distortions that arise when we stare too long into ourselves. The novel centers around Mirabelle,…
Sunday Staff Picks: November 5th
An unfiltered honesty defines Samantha Irby’s Quietly Hostile. A collection of seventeen, personal essays, the book offers a cacophonous blend of uproarious humor and intimate…