“I have a problem with the fact that when it's brought up, it's not really discussed. It's all that's brought up. So-and-so is an Arab American or a Palestinian or Muslim or a doctor with or without borders and there's really no meaningful entry into those hyphenations.” FactsProblemDoctorsMeaningfulBordersPalestinianEntry Author:Fady Joudah
“A Concordance of Leaves is an epic poem of the indomitable yet fragile human spirit. Philip Metres brings Palestine and Palestinians into English with rare luminosity. One feels echoes of Oppen's succinct tenderness in the depiction of the numerous characters of this work. Without other, there is no self. And that other is the stranger who must be loved. Concordance is, after all, a wedding poem-leaves and pages in search of a certain passage toward harmony.” FeelsHumansSelfCharacterSpiritCertainPagesHarmonyStrangerPassagesFragileTendernessPalestinianEchoesEpicPalestineHuman SpiritPhilipDepictionIndomitableEpic Poems Author:Fady Joudah
