Birthright |
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| Author:
| Abraham, George |
| ISBN: | 978-1-63834-004-1 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2020 |
| Publisher: | Button Poetry
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| Book Format: | Downloadable audio file |
| List Price: | USD $20.00 |
Book Description:
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Abraham's highly anticipated debut constructs a dialogue in which "every pronoun is a Free Palestine." Through poems of immense emotion, and the use of alluring form, Abraham crafts work that examines what we come to own by existing.Birthright begs readers to stay, to stay lucid, to stay alive, to stay present in this very moment; as it knows now is all we are guaranteed. As trauma seeps through generations, can the body deconstruct its own inheritance? In a world that only takes,...
More DescriptionAbraham's highly anticipated debut constructs a dialogue in which "every pronoun is a Free Palestine." Through poems of immense emotion, and the use of alluring form, Abraham crafts work that examines what we come to own by existing.Birthright begs readers to stay, to stay lucid, to stay alive, to stay present in this very moment; as it knows now is all we are guaranteed. As trauma seeps through generations, can the body deconstruct its own inheritance? In a world that only takes, what is owed? What is your Birthright, and where is home?