"Mahmoud Darwish is a literary rarity: at once critically acclaimed as one of the most important poets in the Arabic language, and beloved as the voice of his people. He is a living legend whose lyrics are sung by fieldworkers and schoolchildren. He has assimilated some of the world's oldest literary traditions at the same time that he has struggled to open new possibilities for poetry. This collection spans Darwish's entire career, nearly four decades,...

The US 8th Air Force came of age in 1944. With a fresh commander, it was ready to demonstrate its true power: from Operation Argument in February ― targeting German aircraft production plants ― to bringing the Luftwaffe to battle over Berlin, the combined US Air Force - Royal Air Force forces' round-the clock campaign bottled up the German army in Normandy. Day after day, the American bomber boys watched their comrades burn to death in blazing...

"A selection of bracingly honest, wry, and luminous poetry from the award-winning Egyptian poet Iman Mersal. Iman Mersal is Egypt's--indeed, the Arab world's--great outsider poet. Over the past three decades, she has crafted a voice that is ferocious and tender, street-smart and vulnerable. Her early work captures the energies of Cairo's legendary literary bohème, a home for "Lovers of cheap weed and awkward confessions / Anti-State agitators" and...

"What happens when we die? Does the light just go out and that's that, the million-year nap? Or will some part of my personality, my me-ness persist? What will that feel like? What will I do all day? Is there a place to plug in my lap-top?" In an attempt to find out, the author brings her curiosity to bear on an array of contemporary and historical soul-searchers: scientists, schemers, engineers, mediums, all trying to prove (or disprove) that life...

Combines the author's lyrical and satirical dream-fables with images from his paintings.

I wasn't supposed to survive. The station has been hit. Everyone around me is dead. I have 11 hours of life support left and no way of contacting Earth. I'm alone. I'm stranded. I'm desperate. But I'm alive. The more of the station I explore, the surer I get that this was no accident. Someone did this, and I don't think they're finished yet. Making it home feels like an impossible task, but I'm not just fighting for my own life. I have to protect...

All the words to all the songs in the Reader's Digest children's songbook inserted.

"Award-winning poet interweaves English and Alutiiq as a response to the colonial violence and the silencing of indigenous women, in particular the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls"--