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Fady Joudah
Fady Joudah was born in Austin, TX to Palestinian parents. His poetry and translations have received the Yale Series for Younger Poets prize, the Griffin International Poetry Prize, Guggenheim fellowship, a Pushcart prize, PEN award and a Banipal prize. He is also a practicing physician of... show more



Fady Joudah was born in Austin, TX to Palestinian parents. His poetry and translations have received the Yale Series for Younger Poets prize, the Griffin International Poetry Prize, Guggenheim fellowship, a Pushcart prize, PEN award and a Banipal prize. He is also a practicing physician of internal medicine.

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What I Happen to Be Reading At the Moment
My favorite of the two more traditional Fady Joudah poetry collections I've read. I think I like the idea behind [b:Textu|17723266|Textu|Fady Joudah|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1366073187s/17723266.jpg|24790504] a bit more than the long-form poems, but this collection is also very strong.
What I Happen to Be Reading At the Moment
More good poetry. I'd suggest [b:Alight|16057541|Alight|Fady Joudah|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1363658129s/16057541.jpg|21843453] first before this one, but both collections are strong.
What I Happen to Be Reading At the Moment
First, I thought the poems were gimmicky, but then I changed my mind. I went to an author reading at the Poetry Center in Tucson, and found out some more about the composition of the poems. Joudah mentioned how he was under an intense period of his life, and his choice was "doing this or pills". Eac...
What I Happen to Be Reading At the Moment
What I presume to be a good translation (since I don't speak or read Arabic) of an amazing poem that successfully plays with structure.
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