@book{448af69636ac4473a644ad14d5df943a,
title = "The Poetry of Arab Women: A Contemporary Anthology",
abstract = "Bestselling poetry anthology back in print. Winner of the PEN Oakland Literary Award. Arab women poets work within one of the oldest literary traditions in the world, yet they are virtually unknown in the West. In assembling this collection, Nathalie Handal has compiled an outstanding, important treasury that introduces the poetry of Arab women living all over the world, writing in Arabic, French, English, and other languages, and including some of the twentieth century{\textquoteright}s most accomplished poets as well as today{\textquoteright}s most exciting new voices. ",
keywords = "Arab Women poetry, poetry, creative writing",
author = "Nathalie Handal",
note = "Nathalie Handal was raised in Latin America, France, and the Middle East and educated in Asia, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Claire Messud writes, she “illuminates the luxuriance and longing of deracination—a contemporary Orpheus.” She has edited two award winning anthologies, written eight plays, and her creative nonfiction and flash reportage has appeared in Vanity Fair, Guernica Magazine, The Guardian, The New York Times, The Nation, The Irish Times, among others. Handal is the recipient of awards from the PEN Foundation, The Lannan Foundation, Centro Andaluz de las Letras, Fondazione di Venezia, The Africa Institute, among others. She writes the literary travel column “The City and the Writer” for Words without Borders magazine, and teaches at New York University. ",
year = "2002",
language = "English (US)",
publisher = "Interlink Books",
}