My Name on His Tongue: Poems

Best-selling novelist and PEN Award winner Halaby presents readers with her first collection of poetry. Intensely personal and marked with a trenchant wit, these poems form a memoir following Halaby's life as they explore the disorientation of exile, the challenge of navigating two cultures, and the struggle to shape her own creative identity. She shares the pain and confusion of growing up--the need for belonging and the solace of community--with tenderness and fearless candor. Rooted in her Middle Eastern heritage, these poems illuminate the Arab American experience over the last quarter century. Turning away from all that is esoteric and remote in American poetry today, Halaby's lucid and forthright voice speaks to and for a large audience.

Author: Laila Halaby
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 05/22/2012
Pages: 136
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.37lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9780815632948

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 06/01/2012 pg. 106

About the Author
Laila Halaby is the author of two novels, West of the Jordan (winner of the PEN Beyond Margins Award) and Once in a Promised Land. She lives with her family in Tucson, Arizona.