A Poetry Book Society Autumn 2019 Wild Card SelectionAt the heart of In Her Feminine Sign, Dunya Mikhail's luminous new collection of poems, is the Arabic suffix taamarbuta, 'the tied circle' - a circle with two dots above it that indicates a feminine word, or sign. This tied circle transforms into the moon, a stone that binds friendship, birdsong over ruins, and a hymn to Nisaba, the goddess of writing. With a deceptive simplicity and disquieting humour reminiscent of WisA awa Szymborska, and a lyricism wholly her own, Mikhail slips between her childhood in Baghdad and her present life in Detroit, between Ground Zero and a mass grave, tracing new circles of light.
| ISBN: | 9781784108540 |
| Publication date: | 29th August 2019 |
| Author: | Mikhail, Dunya |
| Publisher: | Carcanet Poetry |
| Format: | Ebook |
A Poetry Book Society Autumn 2019 Wild Card SelectionAt the heart of In Her Feminine Sign, Dunya Mikhail's luminous new collection of poems, is the Arabic suffix taamarbuta, 'the tied circle' - a circle with two dots above it that indicates a feminine word, or sign. This tied circle transforms into the moon, a stone that binds friendship, birdsong over ruins, and a hymn to Nisaba, the goddess of writing.
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In Her Feminine Sign was written by Mikhail, Dunya and published by Carcanet Poetry
£8.79. Digital. Available Immediately. Country restrictions apply..