Poetry. "Marshall's circuitous lines and meticulously selected words hit their target dead center while readers are still caught up in the atmosphere he so beautifully paints.... Many of these pieces were inspired by the Gulf War, but unlike other recent poetry on the subject, these draw upon Marshall's Muslim/Jewish heritage"--Publishers Weekly.
Author City: EL CERRITO, CA USA
Born in 1936 to Jewish parents who emigrated from Iraq and Syria, Jack Marshall grew up in New York and lives in California. He is the author of the memoir From Baghdad to Brooklyn and several poetry collections that have received the PEN Center USA Award, two Northern California Book Awards, and a nomination from the National Book Critics Circle.