Fady Joudah: 3 books

The poems in Alight alternate between the estranging familial and strangely familiar, between burning and illumination. As father, husband, and physician, Fady Joudah gives children and vulnerable others voice in this hauntingly lyrical collection, where, with quiet ferociousness, one’s self can...

Author has received a PEN award and the Griffin International Poetry Prize (2013) Author’s past work has been reviewed by or featured in Entertainment Weekly, the Guardian, Booklist, and Guernica We expect strong blurbs and ordering from the poetry community, as author is well respected...

Emerging in the era of tweets and text-messages comes a new poetic form: textu. The “u” in textu echoes the one in haiku, and also emphasizes the intimate you. A textu poem has a single rule: be exactly 160 characters long. As theme, form, and style are wide opened, a textu reveals new possibilities and poetry in unexpected ways.