Description
My Heart Became a Bomb is the first collection of poetry by Syrian-Palestinian poet Ramy al-Asheq to be translated into English. Poignant and raw, these poems take the reader along a path of forced emigration from Bashar al-Assad's prisons in Syria to Amsterdam to Auschwitz to Berlin, Germany, where Al-Asheq is now creating a new home. By turns melancholy and reflective, celebratory and hopeful, Al-Asheq's newly translated poems offer the English-reading audience a contemporary perspective on the experience of exile in a world facing the phenomeno of mass migration, whether for political or environmental reasons. The translations are the result of a long collaboration between Al-Asheq and Thompson (who also edited this collection). Raising questions about the nature of love, identity, and the role of poetry in the face of constant flux and great uncertainty, My Heart Became a Bomb introduces an important new voice to the world of contemporary poetry.
Author: Ramy Al-Asheq
Publisher: Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies Ut-Austin
Published: 04/06/2021
Pages: 80
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781477322260
ISBN10: 1477322264
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | Middle Eastern
- Literary Criticism | African
About the Author
Ramy al-Asheq has published five poetry collections in Arabic. In 2014, he was a fellow at the Artist-in-Residence program of Heinrich-Boell-haus Langenbroich.Levi Thompson is an assistant professor of Arabic at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he teaches courses on modern Middle Eastern literatures and cultures.