{"product_id":"mikhail-dunya-iraqi-nights","title":"Mikhail, Dunya: Iraqi Nights","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew Directions, Abu-Zeid, Kareem James (Translator)  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: May 27, 2014\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Iraqi Nights\u003c\/em\u003e is the third collection by the acclaimed Iraqi poet Dunya Mikhail. Taking \u003cem\u003eThe One Thousand and One Nights\u003c\/em\u003e as her central theme, Mikhail personifies the role of Scheherazade the storyteller, saving herself through her tales. The nights are endless, seemingly as dark as war in this haunting collection, seemingly as endless as war. Yet the poet cannot stop dreaming of a future beyond the violence of a place where \"every moment \/ something ordinary \/ will happen under the sun.\" Unlike Scheherazade, however, Mikhail is writing, not to escape death, but to summon the strength to endure. Inhabiting the emotive spaces between Iraq and the U.S., Mikhail infuses those harsh realms with a deep poetic intimacy. The author's vivid illustrations -- inspired by Sumerian tablets -- are threaded throughout this powerful book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40523262328855,"sku":"9780811222860","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/products\/ibg.common.titledetail_c03f0c2f-1369-473c-ac63-a94bcba97126.gif?v=1678300553","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/mikhail-dunya-iraqi-nights","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}