Four Cities
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Document Type
Book
Description
Wandering from Detroit to Haifa, Tripoli to Brooklyn, the poems of FOUR CITIES reveal the underbelly of cities, bearing witness to narratives of love, occupation and faith. These testimonies are harvested from displaced landscapes, histories and languages, revealing the unsettled lives of immigrants. Using urgent, haunting language, Alyan evokes the unlikely backdrop of Palestinian bazaars and Midwestern junkyards, policed checkpoints and boisterous nightclubs. A Lebanese village burns while lovers kiss in Paris. A traveler unpacks her grief in the homes of strangers. This lyrical collection captures the interplay between adopted and imposed homes, the poignant legacy of exile.
Publication Date
2015
Publisher
Black Lawrence
City
New York
State
NY
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Creative Writing | Fiction
Repository Citation
Alyan , H. (2015). Four Cities. New York, NY: Black Lawrence.
