Tahrir Suite by Matthew Shenoda

Tahrir Suite by Matthew Shenoda

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A book-length poem that contemplates immigration, homeland, and diaspora in the twenty-first century. The poem, inspired by recent events in Egypt, cycles through the journey of two Egyptians moving across borders, languages, cultures, landscapes, and political systems while their life in the US diaspora evolves and their home country undergoes revolutionary change.

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Tahrir Suite by Matthew Shenoda

Tahrir Suite is a book-length poem that contemplates immigration, homeland, and diaspora in the twenty-first century. The poem, inspired by recent events in Egypt, cycles through the journey of two Egyptians moving across borders, languages, cultures, landscapes, and political systems while their life in the U.S. diaspora evolves and their home country undergoes revolutionary change. Written from a perspective and about a place that is virtually unexplored in contemporary American poetry, Tahrir Suite works to capture the complicated essence of what it means to be from a specific place that is experiencing such radical change and how our understandings of ""home"" and ""place"" constantly evolve. Tahrir Suite is a musical meditation on what it means to be a global citizen in contemporary times.
Matthew Shenoda is the author of the poetry collections Seasons of Lotus, Seasons of Bone (2009) and Somewhere Else (2005), which won the American Book Award. He is currently Associate Dean of the School of Fine and Performing Arts at Columbia College, Chicago, USA.
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ISBN 13 9780810130241
ISBN 10 0810130246
Title Tahrir Suite
Author Matthew Shenoda
Series Triquarterly
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Northwestern University Press
Year published 2014-09-30
Number of pages 88
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.