{"product_id":"objects-from-april-and-may","title":"Objects from April and May","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFinalist for the Alice James Book Award 2020, the Omnidawn First\/Second Book Prize 2020 \u0026amp; the Philip Levine Poetry Prize 2020.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eObjects from April and May\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a rumination on the sanctity and significance of cherished possessions. Informed by the loss of precious gold in an armed robbery, these poems trace each taken item across years and borders, from a supermarket in Brooklyn to a checkpoint in Occupied Palestine to an American compound in Iraq. Yet they return, irrevocably, to a violent interaction on a quiet street in Oakland, California, gathering its shattered fragments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFormally inventive and politically astute, Zena Agha’s poems bristle with a controlled melancholy. As she unspools one traumatic encounter and its reverberations, she shows how much material loss can teach us about love, attachment and sorrow.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReviews\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e‘A touching journey through loss and heritage.’ \u003cstrong\u003e― \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New Arab\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Agha reminds us that any “thing,” even a girl’s bracelet can be sacred, if we make it so.’ \u003cstrong\u003e― \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A moving collection written with love and defiance.’ \u003cstrong\u003e― Isabella Hammad, author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Parisian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Heartbreaking and gorgeous … explores the richness of life’s fleeting yet monumental moments, where everything is at stake.’ \u003cstrong\u003e― Heba Hayek, author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSambac Beneath Unlikely Skies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Rich in memory, thought and materiality … \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eObjects from April and May\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e shows a serious conviction; a yearning for an alternative version of what is, and an imagining of what’s also possible.’ \u003cstrong\u003e― Anthony Anaxagorou, author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAfter the Formalities\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Zena Agha’s poems shape-shift … in an ongoing attempt to inventory what has gone missing: a stolen talisman and the lost homeland that it signified.’ \u003cstrong\u003e― Ken Chen, author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eJuvenilia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A book which feels “materially in the world”, whose poems-as-talismans can’t be stolen or lost, because they’re really alive.’ \u003cstrong\u003e― Will Harris, author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRENDANG\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Zena Agha","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45238617112776,"sku":null,"price":90.0,"currency_code":"ILS","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0507\/3679\/1752\/files\/objects_from_april_may.jpg?v=1792754484","url":"https:\/\/educationalbookshop.com\/products\/objects-from-april-and-may","provider":"EducationalBookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}