WebDeception Story. Friends describe my DISPOSITION. as stoic. Like a dead fish, an ex said. DISTANCE. is a funny drug and used to make me a DISTRESSED PERSON, one who cried in bedrooms and airports. Once I bawled so hard at the border, even the man with the stamps and holster said Don’t cry. You’ll be home soon. WebJun 15, 2016 · Look. by Solmaz Sharif. “Until now, now that I’ve reached my thirties: / All my Muse’s poetry has been harmless: / American and diplomatic.”. It’s hard not to hear …

Customs Graywolf Press

WebOriginally published in Poem-a-Day on October 16, 2024, by the Academy of American Poets. Solmaz Sharif is the author of Customs (Graywolf, 2024) and Look (Graywolf, 2016). She is the recipient of fellowships from the Lannan Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Poetry Foundation. Themes. WebApr 5, 2024 · Customs by Solmaz Sharif. reviewed by Christos Kalli. It’s hard to think of an English word as politically charged as “customs.” Deriving from Anglo-Norman and Old French, it may refer to a collective mode of behavior, a tradition laid down by the law, the governmental body controlling the flow of goods into and out of a country, or the area at a … east valley tribune mesa

Review of “LOOK” by Solmaz Sharif – 30 N

WebApr 30, 2014 · This month’s featured poem is the first in Reaching Guantánamo, a series of nine poems that are imagined letters to Salim Hamdan from his wife written by Solmaz Sharif, an Iranian-American poet. Sharif wrote these poems in 2008 after reading an article about Hamdan in The New York Times.All nine are linked from Paperbag’s table of … WebLook: Poems. Solmaz Sharif’s astonishing first book, Look, asks us to see the ongoing costs of war as the unbearable losses of human lives and also the insidious abuses against our everyday speech. In this virtuosic array of poems, lists, shards, and sequences, Sharif assembles her family’s and her own fragmented narratives in the aftermath ... WebBorn in Istanbul, Turkey, to Iranian parents, Solmaz Sharif holds degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, where she studied and taught with June Jordan’s Poetry for the People, and New York University. She is the author of the poetry collection Look (Graywolf Press, 2016), a finalist for the National... east valley tribune varsity xtra