{"product_id":"birthright-by-george-abraham","title":"Birthright by George Abraham","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e2021 Arab American Awards - George Ellenbogen Poetry Award Winner\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e2021 Lambda Literary Awards - Bisexual Poetry Finalist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e2020 Big Other Awards - Poetry Winner\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e2020 Big Other Awards - Readers' Choice Finalist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbraham's highly anticipated debut Birthright constructs a dialogue in which “every pronoun is a Free Palestine.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough poems of immense emotion, and the use of alluring form, Abraham crafts work that examines what we come to own by existing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBirthright begs readers to stay, to stay lucid, to stay alive, to stay present in this very moment; as it knows now is all we are guaranteed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs trauma seeps through generations, can the body deconstruct its own inheritance? In a world that only takes, what is owed? What is your Birthright, and where is home?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Abraham (they\/he)\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Palestinian-American poet and Bioengineering PhD candidate at Harvard University. They are the author of \u003cem\u003eBirthright\u003c\/em\u003e (Button Poetry, 2020), and the chapbooks: \u003cem\u003ethe specimen’s apology\u003c\/em\u003e (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2019) and \u003cem\u003eal youm\u003c\/em\u003e (TAR, 2017). He is a Kundiman, Watering Hole, and Poetry Incubator fellow, winner of the 2018 Cosmonauts Avenue Poetry Prize, and recipient of the Best Poet title from the College Union Poetry Slam International. Their work has appeared or is forthcoming online with \u003cem\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTin House\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLitHub\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/em\u003e, and in anthologies such as \u003cem\u003eBettering American Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNepantla\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Booktique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46146563571772,"sku":null,"price":24.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0711\/4879\/8012\/files\/611xNrNZQgL._AC_UF1000_1000_QL80.jpg?v=1789047620","url":"https:\/\/www.booktique.ca\/products\/birthright-by-george-abraham","provider":"Booktique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}