{"product_id":"come-from-hardcover","title":"Come from - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJanan Alexandra\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRoss Gay\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFOREWORD BY ROSS GAY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHere is a collection that pulses with warmth and vitality, heralding the arrival of a fresh and vibrant voice on the poetry scene. Clear and concise, accessible and profound, janan alexandra's debut poetry collection \u003ci\u003ecome from\u003c\/i\u003e weaves from English to Arabic, exploring the joint projects of longing and belonging.\u003c\/b\u003ePart love song for the speaker's mother and part grief song for\u003cbr\u003eongoing postcolonial loss, this book reaches for, around, and\u003cbr\u003ethrough language--feeling for its limits and possibilities. \u003ci\u003ecome from\u003c\/i\u003e searches for what might be possible if we dislodge our practices of belonging, divest from nation and state, and instead turn deeply toward each other. Drawing\u003cbr\u003eon both narrative and lyric impulses, alexandra invites readers into a world\u003cbr\u003ebristling with family, memory, home, and inheritance--all in the wake of\u003cbr\u003edislocation and fracture. In one section of the book, we follow the speaker\u003cbr\u003e\"back home\" after years of separation; later, we encounter a series of parables\u003cbr\u003ein the form of an Arabic abecedarian, through which the speaker recovers parts\u003cbr\u003eof her mother tongue--invoking\u003cbr\u003epersonal and communal histories marked with the longue dur?e of empire.\u003ci\u003ecome from\u003c\/i\u003e investigates\u003cbr\u003ewhat is deeply interior while reaching toward the world with tenderness and\u003cbr\u003egenerous attention. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ejanan alexandra\u003c\/b\u003e is the daughter of a\u003cbr\u003eLebanese mother and a Beirut-born American father. Her roots stretch across Cyprus, Pakistan, Lebanon, and many\u003cbr\u003ecorners of the U.S. She has taught creative writing courses in Los Angeles, Maine, \u003cbr\u003eWashington DC, and Southern Indiana. A Fulbright\u003cbr\u003eScholar, janan has landed in New England where she teaches creative writing, \u003cbr\u003eorganizes poetry events, and plays fiddle with the Sweet May Dews.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 115\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 29, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47353773949177,"sku":"9781960145673","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Qe4aKHHTpD9781960145673.webp?v=1769828519","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/come-from-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}