Ruins and Other Poems Grace Nissan Zij wijzen je plekken die

Zij wijzen je plekken die onvindbaar bleven

myth and play to weather the days

we are given access as never before to the life and poetic development of a literary titan - from his early days in Belfast

as Abdelfattah Kilito put it

Suicide is his next idea

Ruins and Other Poems Grace Nissan Zij wijzen je plekken dieSamer Abu Hawwash In these poems, Samer Abu Hawwash stands upon ancient and modern ruins, engaging with the archetypal Arabic qasida and its echoes in the present, set against a backdrop of exile, displacement, and genocide. The site of the ruin, the journey, and the return home are the three movements of the archetypal Arabic form with which Samer contends in his book length poem. Writing in and from the moment of crisis, the poet keeps returning to