{"product_id":"khalastchi-daniel-american-p","title":"Khalastchi, Daniel: American Parables","description":"\u003cp\u003eUniversity of Wisconsin Press, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: November 30, 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003cspan\u003eDaniel Khalastchi's third collection provides an uncompromising exploration into the political and societal disturbances facing America today. Electioneering, lack of affordable health care, the increase in mass shootings, and the continued fight for equal rights are juxtaposed against an unlikely sense of hope and optimism. Lurking behind each page is the ever-present issue of immigration, with specific focus on the escape of the author's father from Iraq and the pressures linked to living as an Arab Jew in the middle of the United States.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrough unnerving gallows humor and radical honesty, these poems redefine the American experience by asking the reader to consider what it means to live in the shadow of a perceived sense of freedom and to have faith when believing feels hopeless. Khalastchi's perspective as an Iraqi Jewish American brings sharp focus to the holistic uncertainties of religion, politics, assimilation, illness, love, and loss--with absurd, visceral, and wry acclaim. I type into\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe internet your high schooland find rubble. Your daughter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehas the flu. We are sickwith disappointment but\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eeveryone is fine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e--Excerpt from \"First Generation: Our Escape\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40817125785623,"sku":"9780299335748","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/9780299335748.jpg?v=1769296136","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/khalastchi-daniel-american-p","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}