Flawed Landscape Poems 1987-2008
By Interlink Books
“These are an exile’s poems, marked by loss but offered with a generous spirit. Through them, the landscape transforms-revealing, through Elmusa’s vision, its difficult beauty. This is not grounds for despair, then. But ground to work from. That is hope, indeed.” –Melanie Carter, poet
About the Author
Sharif Elmusa is a widely published poet, scholar, and translator. He co-edited, and contributed to, the anthology, Grape Leaves: A Century of Arab-American Poetry (Interlink Books). Elmusa is currently an associate professor of Political Science at the American University in Cairo. He served for four years as director of the Middle East Studies Program. He obtained his undergraduate degree from Cairo University and doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is Palestinian by birth, American by citizenship.
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- Author:
- Sharif S. Elmusa
- ISBN:
- 9781566567343
- Publisher:
- Interlink Books
- Year:
- 2008
- Pages:
- 128
- Level:
- Adults
- Format:
- Paperback
- Language:
- English
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“These are an exile’s poems, marked by loss but offered with a generous spirit. Through them, the landscape transforms-revealing, through Elmusa’s vision, its difficult beauty. This is not grounds for despair, then. But ground to work from. That is hope, indeed.” –Melanie Carter, poet
About the Author
Sharif Elmusa is a widely published poet, scholar, and translator. He co-edited, and contributed to, the anthology, Grape Leaves: A Century of Arab-American Poetry (Interlink Books). Elmusa is currently an associate professor of Political Science at the American University in Cairo. He served for four years as director of the Middle East Studies Program. He obtained his undergraduate degree from Cairo University and doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is Palestinian by birth, American by citizenship.
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