WebMar 12, 2014 · This week in the PEN Poetry Series, PEN America features a poem by Solmaz Sharif.. Look. It matters what you call a thing: Exquisite a lover called me. Exquisite.. … 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 …
The Master’s House by Solmaz Sharif Poetry Magazine
WebMar 12, 2014 · This week in the PEN Poetry Series, PEN America features a poem by Solmaz Sharif.. Look. It matters what you call a thing: Exquisite a lover called me. Exquisite.. Whereas Well, if I were from your culture, living in this country, said the man outside the 2004 Republican National Convention, I would put up with that for this country; Whereas I felt … WebIn Customs, Solmaz Sharif examines what it means to exist in the nowhere of the arrivals terminal, a continual series of checkpoints, officers, searches, and questionings that become a relentless experience of America. With resignation and austerity, these poems trace a pointed indoctrination to the customs of the nation-state and the English language, and … celine dion when you call for me
Theater, Water, And Safe House By Solmaz Sharif
WebOct 9, 2016 · Look, the debut collection of poetry from Solmaz Sharif, opens with all the grace of an unpinned grenade: "It matters what you call a thing."But this comes as less a … WebMar 22, 2024 · In “Customs,” Solmaz Sharif examines the American immigrant experience: “to exist in the nowhere of the arrival terminal” — to completely leave one’s people and … WebJul 5, 2016 · Look: by Solmaz Sharif. It can be hard to fathom that for most of this century, we have been a nation at war. Such realities are kept at a safe distance in part by a coded … celine dion westside gunn