Poetry. This is the much-anticipated second book by the Libyan-American poet known for his lush and imaginative vision of a life split between worlds. Of it, Jahan Ramazani has written: "Kaleidoscopic in structure and movement, daringly personal yet intensely political, his verse encompasses narrative, satire, meditation, and high-spirited hilarity. .These dazzling lyrics and sequences create one of the most compelling portraits we have of a mind, a sensibility, a language emerging from the hybridization of cultures."

Author City: ANN ARBOR, MI USA

Khaled Mattawa was born in Benghazi, Libya, in 1964 and immigrated to the U.S. in his teens. He is the author of four books books of poetry, ISMAILIA ECLIPSE (Sheep Meadow Press, 1995), ZODIAC OF ECHOES (Ausable Press, 2003), Amorisco (Ausable Press, 2008), and TOCQUEVILLE (New Issues Poetry & Prose, 2010). Khaled Mattawa was recipient of the 2010 Academy Fellowship from the Academy of American Poets.

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