{"title":"Khaled Mattawa","description":"\u003cp\u003eKhaled Mattawa was born in Benghazi, Libya, in 1964 and immigrated to the United States when he was a teenager. He earned an MA in English and an MFA in Creative Writing from Indiana University and his PhD from Duke University. He is the author of four books of poetry and \u003cem\u003eMahmoud Darwish: The Poet’s Art and His Nation. \u003c\/em\u003eHis vast collection of translations include \u003cem\u003eAdonis: Selected Poems \u003c\/em\u003e(Yale University, 2010), \u003cem\u003eInvitation to a Secret Feast \u003c\/em\u003e(Tupelo Press, 2008) by Joumana Haddad, \u003cem\u003eA Red Cherry on a White Tile Floor \u003c\/em\u003e(Copper Canyon Press, 2007) by Maram Al-Massri, and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.boaeditions.org\/collections\/translations\/products\/miracle-maker-the-selected-poems-of-fadhil-al-azzawi-translated-with-an-introduction\" title=\"Miracle Maker: Selected Poems of Fadhil Al-Azzawi\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eMiracle Maker: Selected Poems of Fadhil Al-Azzawi \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e(BOA Editions, 2004), among others. Mattawa is the recipient of many notable awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and a MacArthur Fellowship. Currently, Mattawa teaches in the graduate creative writing program at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"miracle-maker-the-selected-poems-of-fadhil-al-azzawi-translated-with-an-introduction","title":"Miracle Maker: The selected poems of Fadhil Al-Azzawi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"In the current disgrace, amid the din of corporate trolls contending with medieval ogres, of course, the good poet opts for the Fairy Tale. And, of course, the godly idealist chooses the empty dream and desert hells which only the godly know as Paradise. Fadhil Al-Azzawi has outsped his tormentors and turned their history, thanks be to God, upon its head. He is the Mandelstam of now, with Mayakovsky's panache thrown in for good measure. These poems profess a future without precedent.\"--Donald Revell \"An astonishing collection by an Iraqi master poet who opens up all the despair and tenderness of our times. Let yourself be invaded and occupied by the words of Fadhil Al-Azzawi. They will resonate with you for many days and nights.\"--Ariel Dorfman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Song of the Dead Arab\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Left to the wind that dwells in the fields,\u003cbr\u003e time and time again, you built the gardens of Babel. \u003cbr\u003e Time and time again, you lifted stones to raise towers, \u003cbr\u003e time and time again, you crossed rivers\u003cbr\u003e and built your temples to the wind\u003cbr\u003e where priests recited their old incantations.\u003cbr\u003e Time and time again, you crossed the Empty Quarter\u003cbr\u003e and created a civilization with the tip of your proverbial spear, \u003cbr\u003e O beautiful Arab.\u003cbr\u003e But as you die now, starving, your lips parted, \u003cbr\u003e I'll call you Homeland, if you wish\u003cbr\u003e and my name will be Life.\u003cbr\u003e You are dying on the sidewalk of a street wet with dew,\u003cbr\u003e and I look into your eyes and fail to recognize you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e © BOA Editions, Ltd 2003 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Available Editions\u003cbr\u003e ----------------------------------------------------- \u003cbr\u003e ClothISBN: 1-929918-44-5\u003cbr\u003e Price: $22.00\u003cbr\u003e Publishing Date: 2003\u003cbr\u003e Paperback ISBN: 1-929918-45-3\u003cbr\u003e Price: $12.00\u003cbr\u003e Publishing Date: 2003\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":9802218373,"sku":"1-929918-45-3","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cloth","offer_id":8419900485,"sku":"1-929918-44-5","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/MIRACLE_MAKER.jpg?v=1527683299"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/collections\/mattawa_2014_profile-200.jpg?v=1525879945","url":"https:\/\/shop.boaeditions.org\/collections\/khaled-mattawa.oembed","provider":"Boa Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}