Description
Poetry. Middle Eastern Studies. Both a reckoning and a reclamation, HOW THE WATER HOLDS ME surveys movements through diaspora, dissecting displacement, mortality, responsibility, and masculinity. With deft narrative and rich imagery, Tariq Luthun's collection of poems makes space for everyone, from Gaza to Detroit, asking us to reassess the notion of belonging, and to do something meaningful with these revelations. HOW THE WATER HOLDS ME invites each of us to explore what it means to seek—and share—refuge.
Author Bio
Tariq Luthun is a community organizer, data analyst, and Emmy Award-winning poet from Detroit, MI. He earned his MFA in Poetry from the Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College and currently serves as Editor of the Micro Department at The Offing. A Muslim and diasporic Palestinian, Luthun's work has earned a number of recognitions, and has appeared in Vinyl Poetry, Lit Hub, Mizna, Winter Tangerine Review, Button Poetry, among other credits.
Author City: DETROIT, MI USA