{"product_id":"come-from","title":"Come From","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eForeword by Ross Gay\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHere is a collection that pulses with warmth and vitality, heralding the arrival of a fresh and vibrant voice on the poetry scene. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClear and concise, accessible and profound, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ejanan alexandra’s debut poetry collection \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003ecome from\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eweaves from English to Arabic, exploring the joint projects of longing and belonging.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePart love song for the speaker’s mother and part grief song for\nongoing postcolonial loss, this book reaches for, around, and\nthrough language—feeling for its limits and possibilities.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003ecome from\u003c\/i\u003e searches for what might be possible if we dislodge our practices of belonging, divest from nation and state, and instead turn deeply toward each other.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawing\non both narrative and lyric impulses, alexandra invites readers into a world\nbristling with family, memory, home, and inheritance—all in the wake of\ndislocation and fracture. In one section of the book, we follow the speaker\n“back home” after years of separation; later, we encounter a series of parables\nin the form of an Arabic abecedarian, through which the speaker recovers parts\nof her mother tongue—invoking\npersonal and communal histories marked with the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003elongue durée\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of empire.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003ecome from\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e investigates\nwhat is deeply interior while reaching toward the world with tenderness and\ngenerous attention. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57193754427774,"sku":"NW9781960145475","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781960145475.jpg?v=1778597450","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/come-from","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}