My Name on His Tongue: Poems

by Laila Halaby

Book Overview

Best-selling novelist and PEN Award winner Halaby presents readers with her first collection of poetry. Intensely personal and marked with a trenchant wit, these poems form a memoir following Halaby's life as they explore the disorientation of exile, the challenge of navigating two cultures, and the struggle to shape her own creative identity. She shares the pain and confusion of growing up--the need for belonging and the solace of community--with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815632940
• ISBN13: 9780815632948
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.3"