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Naomi Shihab Nye

Naomi Shihab Nye, poet, essayist, anthologist, has been a recipient of writing fellowships from the Lannan Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation and the Witter Bynner Foundation/Library of Congress. Author of more than twenty volumes, her recent books inc show more

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Birth date: March 12, 1952

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Words Under the Words: Selected Poems (A Far Corner Book) - Naomi Shihab Nye

Open Mic: Riffs on Life Between Cultures in Ten Voices - Mitali Perkins, Various, David Yoo, Cherry Cheva, Varian Johnson, G. Neri, Naomi Shihab Nye, Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich, Debbie Rigaud, Francisco X. Stork, Gene Luen Yang

First Kiss (Then Tell): A Collection of True Lip-Locked Moments - Sarah Mlynowski, Francine Pascal, David Levithan, Micol Ostow, Naomi Shihab Nye, Shannon Hale, Donna Jo Napoli, Jon Scieszka, Roz Chast, Robin Wasserman, Paul Ruditis, Nikki Grimes, Niki Burnham, Justine Larbalestier, Lauren Myracle, Lisa Papademetriou, Leslie Margolis, P

There Is No Long Distance Now - Naomi Shihab Nye

Touchstone Anthology of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction: Work from 1970 to the Present - John McPhee, Anne Carson, Lucy Grealy, David Sedaris, Adam Hochschild, Barbara Kingsolver, Kathleen Norris, David Foster Wallace, Annie Dillard, Amy Tan, Charles Bowden, Wendell Berry, Barry Lopez, Richard Rhodes, Naomi Shihab Nye, Phillip Lopate, Mary Clearman Blew, Sue

What You Wish For: A Book for Darfur - Ann M. Martin, Jeanne DuPrau, Joyce Carol Oates, Karen Hesse, Alexander McCall Smith, Jane Yolen, Nikki Giovanni, Cynthia Voigt, R.L. Stine, Naomi Shihab Nye, Gary Soto, Cornelia Funke, John Green, Sofia Quintero, Nate Powell, Marilyn Nelson, Francisco X. Stork, Francisco

19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East - Naomi Shihab Nye

What Have You Lost? - Naomi Shihab Nye, Michael Nye

The Flag of Childhood: Poems From the Middle East - Naomi Shihab Nye, Suleiman Mansour

I'll Ask You Three Times, Are You OK?: Tales of Driving and Being Driven - Naomi Shihab Nye

Honeybee: Poems & Short Prose - Naomi Shihab Nye

Time You Let Me In: 25 Poets under 25 - Naomi Shihab Nye

This Same Sky: A Collection of Poems from Around the World - Naomi Shihab Nye

A Maze Me: Poems for Girls - Naomi Shihab Nye, Terre Maher

Clowns and Rats Scare Me - Cary Clack, Naomi Shihab Nye

Tender Spot: Selected Poems - Naomi Shihab Nye

America Street: A Multicultural Anthology of Stories - Anne Mazer, Duane Big Eagle, Robert Cormier, Toshio Mori, Mary K. Mazotti, Gish Jen, Naomi Shihab Nye, Toni Cade Bambara, Francisco Jiménez, Nicholasa Mohr, Grace Paley, Langston Hughes, Lensey Namioka, Gary Soto, Michele Wallace

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Feminism in Cold Storage rated it

8 years ago

url The Turtle of Oman by Naomi Shihab Nye

The book is written for children and the story is really cute. What I found most appealing was the universal nature of hating change, particularly changes as big as moving to another country so far away for any reason. Aref has normal and understandable concerns about moving from his home country. H...

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Judy Croome: Author on the Prowl rated it

10 years ago

text Book Review: Words under the Words by Naomi Shihab Nye

Beautiful lyrical poems about a range of topics, many filled with a mysterious poignancy that clutches at the emotions even if the meaning is somewhat obscure at times. These poems entice one to read them again and again. They hint at secrets waiting to be unearthed from the rich words they're plant...

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By Singing Light rated it

10 years ago

url The Turtle of Oman

I loved this quiet, thoughtful book about a young boy from Oman who is moving with his professor parents to the US for three years. Set in the week before he leaves, it pays great attention to the emotional turmoil of moving as a child. Aref is a great character, and I think this would be great for ...

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sarafrances rated it

14 years ago

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here are two of my favorites: Living with a Bodhisattva Cat is IntimidatingThe Bodhisattva Cat is, of course, vegan:He will not eat the inexpensive dry foodI fed my last cat, who was unenlightened.He is morally opposed to hunting,compassionately watches moles skitteracross the basement floor.The Bod...

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