You can be the last leaf : selected poems

Abū al-Ḥayyāt, Māyā (author.). Joudah, Fady, 1971- (translator.).

Summary: "Translated from the Arabic and introduced by Fady Joudah, You Can Be the Last Leaf draws on two decades of work to present the transcendent and timely US debut of Palestinian poet Maya Abu Al-Hayyat"--

Record details

ISBN: 9781571315403
ISBN: 1571315403
ISBN: 9781571317513
Physical Description: print
103 pages ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Milkweed Editions, 2022.
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Machine generated contents note: I. (from The Book of Fear, 2021) -- My House -- A Road for Loss -- What If -- Ordinary Grief -- From, To -- Fear -- Like a Domestic Animal -- We -- I Don't Ask Anymore -- Massacres -- Similarities -- Plans -- Your Laughter -- Return -- Some Microbes -- Ads -- Art -- Revision -- You Can't -- II. (From House Dresses and Wars, 2016) -- Lovers Swap Language -- Search -- The Kids Are Screaming Now -- Out from under a House Dress -- Mothers Arrange Their Aches at Night -- Revolution -- We Were Young, You Gave Us a Home -- Oh My We've Grown -- Penniless -- I Suffer a Phobia Called Hope -- I Burn Time -- We Could Die in a Traffic Accident -- Sex -- My Laugh -- Since They Told Me My Love Won't Be Coming Back from the War -- Whistling -- Daily I Imagine Them -- I'm Not Saying You Lie -- I Don't Believe in Greats -- Wedding Anniversary -- Wishes -- Trash -- Energy -- III. (From That Smile, That Heart, 2012) -- Mahmoud -- Children -- Elegy for the Desire of Mothers -- Almost Dead, Almost Alive -- Psychology News -- Daydream -- That Smile, That Heart -- Empty Repetitive State -- I Didn't Love and Wasn't Loved -- I -- In Love -- IV. (From What She Spoke of Him, 2006) -- A Contemporary Novel -- About Him -- The Upcoming Dervish Dance -- What She Left in You -- The Looming Wide Path.

Language Note:

Translated from the Arabic.