We Call to the Eye \u0026 the Night: Love Poems by Writers of Arab Heritage by Hala Alyan


We Call to the Eye \u0026 the Night: Love Poems by Writers of Arab Heritage
Title : We Call to the Eye \u0026 the Night: Love Poems by Writers of Arab Heritage
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ISBN : 089255567X
ISBN-10 : 9780892555673
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 240
Publication : Published September 12, 2023

This landmark anthology gathers together almost two-hundred vibrant English-language love poems by living writers of Arab descent. We Call to the Eye and to the Night is an amalgam of eminent poets ―Hayan Charara, Leila Chatti, Nathalie Handal, Fady Joudah, and Naomi Shihab Nye, among them―and those who have just begun to make their mark. These poets are descended from diverse countries and represent a breathtaking intersection of voices, experiences, and perspectives. Divided into whimsical sections (named for lines from poems they include), the anthology features an evocative array of erotic and romantic selections, as well as ones portraying love of family, friends, heritage, and homeland. Exquisitely curated and introduced by acclaimed authors Hala Alyan and Zeina Hashem Beck, We Call to the Eye and to the Night is at once sexy, sensuous, adventurous, and nostalgic―a treasury of love emanating from the Arab world and its diaspora.

We Call to the Eye \u0026 the Night: Love Poems by Writers of Arab Heritage Reviews

  • Lionel

    Genuinely one of my favorite poetry anthologies now; I must've gifted "my" copies 2-3 times so far already to friends because it's so important to me that they be able to experience how nourishing this book is for the mind & soul - I'd rather lose "my" copy if it means a new person is able to read and appreciate this work. I hope to introduce more people to it in the future. Absolutely beautiful.

    [Will likely edit this with more specifics when the replacement copy comes in!]

  • blue

    Did you know that. I love poetry. The way that only poetry can make you feel.

  • Connie

    Highlighting a variety of poems — concrete, prose, and ode, this gorgeous anthology ruminates on beauty, desire, loss, and place. Three of the poems I dog-eared consist of Ruth Awad’s “The Sleepwalker,” Carolina Ebeid’s “Auscultation,” and Noor Hindi’s “The World’s Loneliest Whale Sings the Loudest Song & Other Confessions.” Compiling poems by Zeyn Joukhadar, Leila Chatti, George Abraham, and more, don’t miss out on these love poems. In fact, send them to someone you love. (A copy waits for me to wrap and snail mail to my soul sister.) I must stress: browse the bios. Learning the poets’ loves, from “seashells” (Amanda Ghazale Aziz) to “meaningful conversations on a rainy day” (Mariam Gomaa) to “soup in every season” (Zein Sa’dedin), inspired such joy.

    from “12 of the Best Poetry Collections from 2023” via BOOK RIOT:
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