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A map of signs and scents : new and selected poems, 1979-2014

Title
A map of signs and scents : new and selected poems, 1979-2014 / Amjad Nasser ; translated from the Arabic by Fady Joudah and Khaled Mattawa.
Author
Nāṣir, Amjad
Publication
  • Evanston, Illinois : Curbstone Books/Northwestern University Press, 2016.
  • ©2016

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Additional Authors
  • Joudah, Fady, 1971-
  • Mattawa, Khaled
Description
xvii, 161 pages; 22 cm
Uniform Title
Poems. Selections. English
Alternative Title
Poems.
Note
  • Translated from the Arabic.
Contents
From Praise for another cafe, 1979 -- Gates to the sky, but they are narrow -- From Climbing the mountain since Gilead, 1981 -- Song -- Grandfather -- Flower -- Shoes -- The bleating of copper -- From Shepherds of solitude, 1986 -- Exile -- Drums -- Bent branches -- Loneliness -- Fever -- Shade plants -- Planets for Asia -- Shepherds of solitude -- From The strangers arrive, 1990 -- Chance -- The strangers arrive -- The impending hour -- Lines to Joseph -- The lion -- From Joy to all who see you, 1994 -- Invocation for entering the house -- The scent reminds -- A rose of black lace -- Invocation -- The sun flung its golden incisors at me -- The lover's ascent -- From Ascent of breath, 1997 -- A dusk foretold -- Ascent of breath -- From Whenever he saw a sign, 1998 -- Meritocracy -- Haiku breaths -- A mark -- Alexander's gold -- Kismet -- Appearance -- Father's sleep -- The edges of day -- From Life like a broken narrative, 2004 -- The house after her death -- Old radio -- Bridges -- Souvenir -- The ring from Al-Qayrawan -- Suhrawardi's handkerchief -- A postponed poem for New York -- Dog's tail -- 03-03-03 -- Something like anger, like betrayal -- Clay tablets -- Preparing for flight -- The phases of the moon in London -- Mimicking Mark Antony -- An ordinary conversation about cancer -- Neighbors -- The stars of London -- Cavafy's mask -- New uncollected poems, 2008-2014 -- Petra: the concealed rose -- If you're passing through Rome -- Don't do as Romans do -- On the way to you -- By chance as well -- Light.
Call Number
JFD 16-5753
ISBN
  • 9780810133655
  • 0810133652
LCCN
2016017484
OCLC
946725918
Author
Nāṣir, Amjad, author.
Title
A map of signs and scents : new and selected poems, 1979-2014 / Amjad Nasser ; translated from the Arabic by Fady Joudah and Khaled Mattawa.
Publisher
Evanston, Illinois : Curbstone Books/Northwestern University Press, 2016.
Copyright Date
©2016
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Added Author
Joudah, Fady, 1971- translator.
Mattawa, Khaled, translator.
Research Call Number
JFD 16-5753
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