The wild fox of Yemen : poems

Book 2021

By turns aggressively reckless and fiercely protective, always guided by faith and ancestry, Threa Almontaser's incendiary debut asks how mistranslation can be a form of self-knowledge and survival. A love letter to the country and people of Yemen, a portrait of young Muslim womanhood in New York after 9/11, and an extraordinarily composed examination of what it means to carry in the body the echoes of what came before, Almontaser's polyvocal col...

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American poetry 21st century

Arabic poetry Yemen (Republic) 21st century

Muslim women Poetry

Muslims United States Poetry

New York (N.Y.) Poetry

Yemen (Republic) Poetry

Yemen (Republic) Social conditions Poetry

Yemen (Republic) Social life and customs Poetry

Yemeni Americans Poetry

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ISBN:

9781644450505

Description:

101 pages ; 23 cm

Contents:

I. Hunting girliness
Stained skin
Muslim girl with white guys, ending at the edge of a ridge
Recognized language
Etymology of hair --Shaytan sneaks bites of my tuna sandwich
Muslim with dog
Dream interpretation [apricot]
Pig flesh
Portrait of this country
When people are cursed
Feast, beginning w/ a kissed blade
II. Hunger wraps himself
Guide to gardening your roots
Operation restore hope
Yemen rising as poorest country in the world
Coffee Arabica as a maelstrom of endless aftershocks
The snapping turtles in Ta'iz have beards
Dream interpretation [fox]
At the summit, he finds a nest
Hidden bombs in my coochie
Home security after 9/11
My president asks me about redemption
III. Heritage emissary
I think the room w/ dim mirrors & an altar of aliens, waiting for a sign
My father finds home through the birds
Dream interpretation [sea]
After running away from another marriage proposal
I crack an egg
Middle Eastern music
Please take off your shoes before entering
And that fast, you're thinking about their bodies --Why I am silent about the lament
Catasterism
When white boys ask to see my hair
Ode to bodega

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2020938638

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3243465

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