{"product_id":"things-you-may-find-hidden-in-my-ear-poems-from-gaza","title":"Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza by Mosab Abu Toha","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the American Book Award, the Palestine Book Award and Arrowsmith Press's 2023 Derek Walcott Poetry Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNational Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this poetry debut Mosab Abu Toha writes about his life under siege in Gaza, first as a child, and then as a young father. A survivor of four brutal military attacks, he bears witness to a grinding cycle of destruction and assault, and yet, his poetry is inspired by a profound humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese poems emerge directly from the experience of growing up and living in constant lockdown, and often under direct attack. Like Gaza itself, they are filled with rubble and the ever-present menace of surveillance drones policing a people unwelcome in their own land, and they are also suffused with the smell of tea, roses in bloom, and the view of the sea at sunset. Children are born, families continue traditions, students attend university, and libraries rise from the ruins as Palestiniansgo on about their lives, creating beauty and finding new ways to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccompanied by an in-depth interview (conducted by Ammiel Alcalay) in which Abu Toha discusses life in Gaza, his family origins, and how he came to poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMosab Abu Toha is a Palestinian poet, scholar, and librarian who was born in Gaza and has spent his life there. He is the founder of the Edward Said Library, Gaza's first English-language library. \u003cem\u003eThings You May Find Hidden in My Ear\u003c\/em\u003e is his debut book of poems. The collection won an American Book Award, a 2022 Palestine Book Award and was named a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry, as well as the 2022 Walcott Poetry Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2019-2020, Abu Toha was a Visiting Poet in the Department of Comparative Literature at Harvard University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbu Toha is a columnist for Arrowsmith Press, and his writings from Gaza have also appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/em\u003e . His poems have been published in \u003cem\u003ePoetry\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/em\u003e, the Academy of American Poets' Poem-a-Day, \u003cem\u003ePoetry Daily\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Booktique","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45431771037756,"sku":null,"price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0711\/4879\/8012\/files\/9780872868601_cfl.jpg?v=1779310778","url":"https:\/\/www.booktique.ca\/products\/things-you-may-find-hidden-in-my-ear-poems-from-gaza","provider":"Booktique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}