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American Parables
University of Wisconsin Press, 2021 Paper: 978-0-299-33574-8 Library of Congress Classification PS3611.H33A83 2021 Dewey Decimal Classification 811.6
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Daniel 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. Through 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
the internet your high school and find rubble. Your daughter
has the flu. We are sick with disappointment but
everyone is fine. —Excerpt from "First Generation: Our Escape" See other books on: American | Khalastchi, Daniel | Poetry See other titles from University of Wisconsin Press |
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American Parables
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
University of Wisconsin Press, 2021
Paper: 978-0-299-33574-8
Paper: 978-0-299-33574-8
Daniel 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.
Through 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.
the internet your high school
has the flu. We are sick
everyone is fine.
—Excerpt from "First Generation: Our Escape"
Through 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
the internet your high school
and find rubble. Your daughter
has the flu. We are sick
with disappointment but
everyone is fine.
—Excerpt from "First Generation: Our Escape"
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
