Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

The Funambulists: Women Poets of the Arab Diaspora
The Funambulists: Women Poets of the Arab Diaspora
The Funambulists: Women Poets of the Arab Diaspora
Ebook336 pages4 hours

The Funambulists: Women Poets of the Arab Diaspora

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

The Funambulists brings together the diverse poetry collections of six contemporary Arab diasporic women poets. Spanning multiple languages and regions, this volume illuminates the distinct artistic voice of each poet, yet also highlights the aesthetic and political relevance that unites their work.

Marchi explores the work of Naomi Shihab Nye, a celebrated American poet of Palestinian descent; Iman Mersal, an Egyptian poet living in Edmonton, Canada, who writes in Arabic; Nadine Ltaif, a Lebanese poet who lives in Quebec and has adopted French as her language; Maram al-Massri, a Syrian poet writing in Arabic and living in France; Suheir Hammad, an American poet of Palestinian origin; and Mina Boulhanna, a Moroccan poet living in Italy and writing in Italian. Despite their varying geographical and political backgrounds, these poets find common ground in themes of injustice, spirituality, gender, race, and class. Drawing upon the concept of tension, Marchi examines both the breaking points and the creative energies that traverse the poetic works of these writers.

These celebrated funambulists use their art of balance and flexibility bolstered by their courage and transgression to walk a tightrope stretched out across cultures, faiths, and nations.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateSep 6, 2022
ISBN9780815655473
The Funambulists: Women Poets of the Arab Diaspora

Related to The Funambulists

Related ebooks

Literary Criticism For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for The Funambulists

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    The Funambulists - Lisa Marchi

    /cbook_preview_excerpt.html}[sGv_h)I 04~ʮNY4q,ٍqL/pHgk̬nc][·VuɍCVGLl"5@4Yݔft&@=5jߦifԮj0ԇ0,v̚zX햺8[Mjvxf#x?UIIy0p.tjvv\7ƻi0L~W)jKhCY<،>t4>3҅+&T>q.GJ-re7|N~ yri}]ݔOm]>ׅ/`2f @3TҺti>#SO͋oG辝Vzk Ꮑ:4 .**|i.~8UtڟXyMmFYM~iʅpi'B2ytrpWY{z`kSjp0ǖٖLK9Q6c\ԕ%;1R4^$&[Д~%fM&sەJqe [RTSэi]ϪKfa(&m.U=rxͿri"Lx^bfAl"k}i5wlQɴV~6.olB.J4QĔXBpָ@=4s177\Yqrc_A(̺m b즖<lll`čm\{͍/DH[ΚQfahY9x0orU /xn; MuXSҠX85Ebן#jqY?(mQr' M5PZXn^^ym2g)YGRM1/ץ5mt{7n_6]vE]b*XT#իW!OD o]M@rA(o3dj y%2n C^AJmhܙ3=VeJ$#θ-xQΊ.o9IFFrRϦ [fRUFYxl-`g,8XrE :N&q.5}Q(F{4h8f `.l?\ |{Sw`7R"!H`H3o ËZK4ݹ}^5n -W/__Wk^ .A#[;ׇ뗠I޿v}%SL.ɡ]|=N` 8h5}mG &$)Kwr =uAdC64cridnUtpmD0~V[l Cl6q RD (DFLa}h" @|q8 ՗W|uӿG՗~O~NW!|o'K7>ի?-Fid9o^'o9Z~&|?iӿ{˜_~\/ӟzϧ_`@Lq^N[aYP02} 7V~ $ S/d?=1|I&b>w_WnO 55F y O<~/俩W7壿Bե>1qi @NJvB* VfСBLsvjPx2%8UDS#ݔ_>-JERcD%9穹=5Ѭu3CW`)Nԋi'^a^_ifNPtKm$nlc|x ?t ,|Z@^oN 7L:Ãjxhw-߉C _~esis+_@땔:2E* ۏևjΣ>>\o}HP kH<_.ٵ<Na.GޱS35lF6~3LGЙk Wp(\ }oG{csfEPC@auk2Цвp^[XZ ;qp{Lr % 5IzPk;vzup(s7P|}uW7! 4!y֥ΡLVUiJ<]; u;s)Rfq:R&΂] <| 嵻.ip,p2p K1S?$ 2`ldZtnW yȐn߇gk䄿\m>`o3FRwI!':kOGb | iv[bZ;HE YBRZqJW"C,>UiA. pXzhp +y6\ Mp*@|fK|6VE0sT X]="%m&Id\.,3C ?e"3T%BJ7QF"FzYf@r:[>+B̾Z{bAOqEu0ICv|bG[͘Z")X381_X!3zA٢.=ZϷx1һ͗.<6U &]B3|F22owq5?1cԩU1俩dϙIV3C~&A#Xt)lBܴ{T15ca&8@N<7nIEL;ґ.uCrvҔ`>>HJu)ؗ#vFC +x>\L1)bXzl2(:!6L+BΩ3+m, `{l M>DyoT+~QJ^Rsf[DZ5&LDDLRT_]-c:m'@s\.F76Jh{5{bChJF=왊!Ś $`vF@'>05h#YSļ:jYj{*͸30$UQ ޞϋ -<CvU1N `iԺK]Akݲե]єR$JR+n@@b5)L @tL ⽁0 olI γ8Ϙn Ta֗ g-Q @0,{@[(n2!cE,'G~c` ԛK7._8P뛯?z%~Wp׼TK`'SHH>slKp9]'!rKDžtN?o|@X(jɕz=艷+kx{?IS؇rIVϹ4#xYI,5cN+!*\ ɯ]ɯ /VL ?NL- ؂. @ws|Lv.X:gf^{ު||mq@$rq [mH˨!~>6i^Hֻ=_c_@XCbw-67ޙeev4{;qtEE5Mzqk:@\MQU єj _S?W%NUnk+^` *7u Z" doPd=1Yi.5Y.79hZ_\\Gsf8螝H(Lܘ,Vo],}k滁UƌQ͡]aVirFm0[ʗnVg9)YY ,3/}_=3pkP[yeNj`8cÝ1 "R*wkVI1Osj|r\<ӕy@Ѕߙ8}_~u>a#f{qоz3ޮXw$SBQc氱u+=vqV"9~Ř<b;Ff1h59ꛪ!%zLp/A}C_9ظI%xTScfx@cAs6.m|EKR L[msΚ)k;~S1y\󋒾P.ۑk&/Bt_fj8eQޖQXB=l܉Slc pu~k7sgck)X}n_L\d8$%o(t/A\Rw'F=5 5+3q[2Qu/3^4{RS+bP87HDtҪhO2*U_#|Y{E{Mxy.VՅXJo,SȎz!#ÒW$'|&Ux-|]!^>C Q޲'E/;aͳ*nii}0%;V@Wsy5{@?5ƺnGlÄ/;&ڟ6[Dm{.,%DćGwT7>zU۬g\8?xz1q%fҠNrT&@k=הz!&JD޽Ës WϖM7tZnB/w9,HJ`Hg%%( x%PwZ1:O̲ą̎/V/.px?a5uŀ[V:P=:X%p2X5Y,mkaj@ [[} t^L"z ˰3sxH'VĔO,j[aFz@.XROqSA"5fCog@vS+JS'ZaDgO27L-Z"Ӷ3&(5#RL:"7.*JdS.zoUZ+Y|T3N`T $qEe>#%/֍yƎjmVTR z6%&γ(Gasܽ SN|+(͚߯6:hUkl"V|Y!S&Y`M 1>$2mǷL,'ma,Uzz&@fh)2Qʽd0"P>s|NBЕ: OdґNy34n>K`1,G2XE5اӔVDRnp! ^Ф&[ BR.0t ;*2Yt.gh) ?љMMlt2-[hb~]s\cVe8l; PuQ4͗L|!s +D@\g?hyȂkZ8,#$Xm_ðnNx8'~%)TF7RYd﶐rJ K0u|#㡓!3܂3f REHqP(GOL2m(,cohM)4O|Ri>e"63*-qC)جEAO1&+iK)y$n@.6ܱQ; 3!CYahtT^9&p8c5Y*Jz_Kww"51P kqֈZ5,fr5M)W.NYbOK%劬0kI$m.HQjbI|t*]ֿ :{OXPBG,a2U4ZKաrŽHz4Ŝ>oBb%ɗi54r~nOw(x%M9/d߫^f>1E1"^+c["Ws]&jI%RSqp*-ЁeRgD{Z)P"ƃ@KH^3`,+zfJ Y͗\tuy>RH ~/-tͣ&Yh>)i Gzp+hϋG=uD'^$Z$bx@ ǂ|ģLωٔRTfP 6xe%tg,22ҧp:v\:jrIW*S"}xъp r Qx!jx{#Ed`LeLh+ܫ0@X,PD?8qO&P/^t>0p6wX#$3~h?Itynf c\ix!Ð~ ]2漑aDW}$[&>X R0f*U[JK' pi+'yMA_BQq SOOGyHXZê#>f(և Le^@잞J@K^?sF8t/]ND+!R5 B_ A?v6o3(^Eafn#b7]6 |k\6iq y)k9/BXmaeÛJ;vI^ӒASV\P%D0X2 R=9K G9c#m^3G^,aԩFXv+d8 Lкxʃ#b 6|c}x2 XuP(s:6d36$jFrUVkLz^7i,SS4 [^T@;ΦN!ؾ]7Do9y $?6`MkmQrs@Do=Λ,$NaX\3ʭ| gt|._kf!bdH Z>(q| WV9ev1W[a׃vws'1x:s%F ,,σ$@ u7 @t!=vM+3 _˹0Wzؐ/ZGE& QFJ?N]V?MTZ$S~Z-!+^:ٵ,0⽒#i`q CLc/ԸZ-y[" Gqf&-G2&ץ_G18MEجnR>R a^x#@CtrlމC;Tw]vHtM'&^ضAG&38+e0Iӆ3 1!oy0MS'&wj>,h)M$JD.a^/և0XZҼkǡ7]%fZ zTT ;!GwI Rz #ǮvOH00ˎPQ(eR [>C "Q<\eȋXg .zDS u@e. W}*pQo9gpM}޻7u $ }TInyx1@AY[C6wP2e ;8BqUhtLeJ8*|t{4&^\RgUt#u7I8/H ?%A^azcr :'E.[+B0F3PTK"+P5!Sޑ{}GQȃr'ԙj8Yhyf $SCI'&+l x7\q^0)TbŎGSƝ}:y)iIhn;D =)ƲoA.giV_ ,hA?T-ٙ%"=8 we-B{StIXv⯼Bj?J_p'*=1B]%7ŧkYa H`= J=%iPuD2s$PPtUoI}8pP,L3rb $_I#u xB6yl91ԧL^"˚)11rwU[܂3L7"O D+z5#B/A>wWv>0YCJTwa*2H򬈐(ߝ/i[9) -{~1>hkh) [K,sEZdkP*Gː&\œpmny[kio^rHte' [ߌe h Y>oV+w^!\%P/*Kimk)3ߢ%蜴{Px5D|bAL27+7#NWxb 𭰾H uWK=ɐOUՔh)NgJ>9kRcm,c4l 5ןV{+.+9!f!B7me\3 MHT]<.XU_ezyя7AD$Q M%a6a>=۴#S< ]IPz`}Z_.#f&HT)eu'J(FIJDХkn5 J3xa4}]J6nYSJC[=VKr`\ѵe>b C82}/ka%-sK}eǪ#2nŚfݹ:`,QݡsP%=ʼnq1n "h
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1