Loss Sings

By Al-Khansa

The seventh-century poet Tumadir, also known as al-Khansa--a sobriquet that means "the Snub-nosed Gazelle doe"--survived both her brothers. Her poetic output consists of dirges for those dead brothers. In Loss Sings , James Montgomery translates a number of these dirges from the Arabic and weaves a cahier around them. Bringing this little-known ancient Arabic poet to contemporary readers for the first time, Montogomery intersperses personal and poignant observations throughout the collection as he explores related elements of death and loss.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1909631272
• ISBN13: 9781909631274
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Sylph Editions
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.5"