{"product_id":"o-9780143136897","title":"O","description":"\u003cb\u003eNAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2022 BY \u003ci\u003eLIT HUB \u003c\/i\u003eAND THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eO \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eis so full of music and passion for life . . . Zeina Hashem Beck's poems unfold the abundance of our world.\" --Ilya Kaminsky, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeaf Republic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom a \"brilliant, absolutely essential voice\" whose \"poems feel like whole worlds\" (Naomi Shihab Nye), a poetry collection considering the body physical, the body politic, and the body sacred\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eZeina Hashem Beck writes at the intersection of the divine and the profane, where she crafts elegant, candid poems that simultaneously exude a boundless curiosity and a deep knowingness. Formally electrifying--from lyrics and triptychs to ghazals and Zeina's own duets, in which English and Arabic echo and contradict each other--\u003ci\u003eO \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the limits of language, notions of home and exile, and stirring visions of motherhood, memory, and faith.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eZeina Hashem Beck\u003c\/b\u003e is a Lebanese poet and the author of two previous full-length collections of poetry: \u003ci\u003eLouder than Hearts\u003c\/i\u003e (Bauhan Publishing, 2017) and \u003ci\u003eTo Live in Autumn\u003c\/i\u003e (The Backwaters Press, 2014), as well as two chapbooks: \u003ci\u003e3arabi Song\u003c\/i\u003e (Rattle, 2016) and \u003ci\u003eThere Was and How Much There Was\u003c\/i\u003e (smithdoorstop, 2016). Educated in Arabic, English, and French, Zeina has a BA and an MA in English Literature from the American University of Beirut. Her poem \"Maqam\" won \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e's 2017 Frederick Bock Prize, and her work appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, Ploughshares, Poetry, \u003c\/i\u003eand elsewhere. Zeina is the co-creator and co-host, with poet Farah Chamma, of \u003ci\u003eMaqsouda\u003c\/i\u003e, a podcast about Arabic poetry produced by Sowt. After a lifetime in Lebanon and a decade in Dubai, Zeina recently moved to California with her husband and two daughters.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50630530466066,"sku":"9780143136897","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8b59120b-adf4-4540-90ea-38e9c711ceb9.jpg?v=1732754270","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/o-9780143136897","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}