why an author writes to a guy holding a fish (Poetry)

Poems

why an author writes to a guy holding a fish (Poetry)
Laila Halaby
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Paperback
h203 x 127mm - 120pg
19 Feb 2022 US
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9781737446538
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A story in verse chronicling the misadventures of a recently divorced Lebanese woman dating in America. Laila Halaby' s second collection of poetry, why an author writes to a guy holding a fish is a story in verse. This honest, sensual, and often funny series of narrative poems chronicles the author' s decision to leave her two-decades-long relationship with her Palestinian husband. Halaby suddenly finds herself in the world of American dating where she searches for idealized love and genuine connection. Always treated as an "other" and having never dated a white man or an American before, Halaby writes about misadventures and heartbreak amid misread cues and lost nuances. Halaby reassesses her role as a woman, a mother, and a writer, and she learns how to dispense with labels and imagined expectations. In the process, she becomes reacquainted with her womanhood and power.
Laila Halaby was born in Beirut, Lebanon, to a Jordanian father and an American mother. She speaks four languages and was a Fulbright recipient. Her first novel, West of the Jordan, won the PEN Beyond Margins Award. She lives in Tucson, Arizona.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781737446538
Published: 19 Feb 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: 2Leaf Press
Publisher: 2Leaf Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 203mm
Width: 127mm
Pages: 120

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