Nonfiction. "Written against the background of war at the turn of this century, this millennium - the Gulf War, the Lebanese civil war and the military occupations of that country, the author's country of origin - these letters, OF CITIES AND WOMEN, are in their turn now letters to cities and women - that we, that is, women and men alike, might eventually, before it is too late, 'find the right geography for our revelations'" - Barbara Harlow.

Author City: SAUSALITO, CA USA

Etel Adnan is an Arab-American poet and writer who studied at the Sorbonne in France, U.C. Berkeley, and Harvard. She taught Philosophy at Dominican College in San Rafael, California. She is the author of SITT MARIE-ROSE (The Post-Apollo Press, 1982), the celebrated novel on the Civil War in Lebanon (translated into ten languages). She has written more than ten books of poetry, essays, and cultural writings. Among her recent works are THE ARAB APOCALYPSE (The Post-Apollo Press, 2007), SEASONS (The Post-Apollo Press, 2008), and SEA AND FOG (Nightboat Books, 2011). She is a recipient of a 2010 PEN Oakland-Josephine Miles National Literary Award. She lives between Sausalito, California; Paris; and Beirut.

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