Palestine Advent 9: At a Poetry Festival, by Najwan Darwish

The ninth poem in our Palestine Advent series is by the Palestinian poet Najwan Darwish, translated by Atef Alshaer with … More

Palestine Advent 8: Gaza Under Siege, by Yahya Ashour

The eighth poem in our Palestine Advent series is by Yahya Ashour, translated by Atef Alshaer with the Poetry Translation … More

The seventh poem in our Palestine Advent series is by Hala Alyan. Siri as Mother, by Hala Alyan. Palestinian American … More

The sixth poem in our Palestine Advent series is by Naomi Shihab Nye. A Palestinian Might Say, by Naomi Shihab … More

The fifth poem in our Palestine Advent series is by the Palestinian poet Maya Abu Al-Hayyat, translated by Fady Joudah. … More

The fourth poem in our Palestine Advent series is by the Palestininan poet Fatenah Al-Gharra, translated by Anna Murison and … More

The third poem in our Palestine Advent series is by Natalie Handal. Others Are Us, by Natalie Handal. Nathalie Handal … More

The second poem in our Palestine Advent series is by the Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha. Things You May Find … More

Welcome to this series of Palestine Advent blog posts. Each day for the next twenty-four days I will post a … More

Starting tomorrow, to mark the season of Advent, a new blog series celebrating the work of Palestinian poets. Each day … More

On publishing This year I published a book of poems. It is about grief, love and anger. It seems to … More

On waiting I grew up in a house where we were not encouraged to talk about our accomplishments. (I blame … More

This time last year, I had begun a third period waiting for a response to a new manuscript of poems. … More

One of the things I have learned about myself in the last year or so is that I can sometimes … More

I like to think of myself as a pretty consistent person. I look askance with a certain smugness at the … More

During December 2019 I blogged a series of poems to celebrate the season of Advent. Some of these were about … More

Fourth Sunday in Advent This was another good week. Because it had rest in it. Because I re-read Anne Lamott’s … More

Third Sunday in Advent Today I pause from giving you updates from grief’s front line and take a leaf from … More