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Thirteen Departures from the Moon: Poems

Thirteen Departures from the Moon: Poems

by Shehabi, Deema K.

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2011
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9781935708230
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Winston-Salem, NC: Press 53, 2011. Paperback. 79p. slim purple softcover, first edition in fine condition. Poems rooted in Gaza by the Palestinian-American poet and vice-president of the Radius of Arab-American Writers.
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Maps With Moving Parts

Maps With Moving Parts

by Bitar, Walid

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Published
1988
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Paperback
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9780919626379
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Ilderton, Ontario: Brick Books/Coldstream, 1988. Paperback. 57p. in illustrated wraps with significant edgewear and reader's creases, some rubbing on covers, else very good condition. Lebanese-Canadian poet.
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The Neverfield Poem [inscribed and signed]
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The Neverfield Poem [inscribed and signed]

by Handal, Nathalie

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Published
1999
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Paperback
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9780942996357
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Sausalito, CA: The Post-Apollo Press, 1999. Paperback. 57p. slim 7.5x6 inch softcover in pictorial wraps, sunned spine, old price sticker on back cover, else very good condition. Signed and inscribed to Ephraim by author on title page dated November 2001. Debut collection by French-American poet of Palestinian descent.
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Picks: 1955-1990 [signed]

Picks: 1955-1990 [signed]

by Hazo, Samuel

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1990
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Pittsburgh: Byblos Press, 1990. Paperback. 128p. in red frenchfold wraps, spine sunned, small bump to bottom right corner, else very good condition. 8vo. One of 200 copies signed by author. Poetry collection. Hazo, the Pittsburgh-born son of Lebanese and Syrian immigrants, was the first Pennsylvania poet laureate.
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City of Bronze

City of Bronze

by Haddad, Abdul

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1959
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New York: Exposition Press, 1959. Hardcover. 96p. hardcover, very good, in an edgeworn dust jacket. Numbered 78 of two thousand. Prose and poetry by the Syrian immigrant author whose photographic studio in Miami was called House of Haddad.
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The Wholesale Approach

The Wholesale Approach

by Zaher, Maged

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Published
2004
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Seattle: Spankstra Press, 2004. Pamphlet. [48p.] in wraps, 5.5x5.5 inches, previous bookseller's sticker on back cover, review copy stamp on title page, else very good condition. Second printing of 100 copies. Verses by poet born in Cairo with some elements of concrete poetry.
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The Ecstasy of the First Kiss [signed]

The Ecstasy of the First Kiss [signed]

by Nouri, Abby

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Published
1992
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Hardcover
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9780533095803
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New York: Vantage Press, 1992. Hardcover. 69p. in black cloth boards with dust jacket, some rubbing to top of back cover, else very good condition. Signed by author on front free endpaper, numerous illustrations by author's son Shawn Nouri. Verses celebrating life and love by the Arab-American author.
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Learning to Walk: Poems

Learning to Walk: Poems

by Kraus, Joy Nimnon

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1996
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Brunswick, MD: Hilltown Press, 1996. Paperback. 58p., slender paperback, inscribed by the author. First book of poems by the Lebanese-American author.
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The shadow of love: poems

The shadow of love: poems

by Rahal, F. Rahal

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1972
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New York: Vantage Press, 1972. Hardcover. 40p. hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket, very good. Inscribed by the author to a friend. Collection of poems by a Lebanon-born US Army veteran whose wife owned the Tulsa Star, and whose work was occasionally published in its pages.
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Leaning to Hear the Music

Leaning to Hear the Music

by Awad, Joseph; Grace Cavalieri, introduction

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Published
1997
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Paperback
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9781880016244
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Painter, VA: ROAD Publishers, 1997. Paperback. 81p. slim black softcover, in fine condition. Poems driven by themes of family by Arab-American author who would become poet laureate of Virginia.
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The Ecstasy of the First Kiss

The Ecstasy of the First Kiss

by Nouri, Abby

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1992
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New York: Vantage Press, 1992. Hardcover. 69p. in black cloth boards with dust jacket, some rubbing to top of back cover, previous bookseller's stamp on front free endpaper, else very good condition. Numerous illustrations by author's son Shawn Nouri. Verses celebrating life and love by the Arab-American author.
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Ughnyat Al Ayyam: Songs in Time

Ughnyat Al Ayyam: Songs in Time

by Abu-Saba, Elias G.

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1973
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Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1973. Hardcover. 28p. hardcover in lightly worn dust jacket, very good. Collection of poems by a Lebanon-born engineer.
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The South Wind [cover: الرياح الجنوبية]

The South Wind [cover: الرياح الجنوبية]

by Ne Jame, Adele

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2011
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Paperback
ISBN
9780983391906
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Honolulu / Berkeley: Mānoa Books / El León Literary Arts, 2011. Paperback. 32p. in pictorial wraps, 10x6 inches, in fine condition. Poems from Lebanese-American author and long-time resident of Hawaiʻi including reflections on diaspora and the meaning of home between the Middle East and the Pacific Islands.
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My Sons in God: Selected and New Poems [inscribed & signed]

My Sons in God: Selected and New Poems [inscribed & signed]

by Hazo, Samuel

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1965
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Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1965. Hardcover. 135p. in red-orange cloth boards, dust jacket with a few small tears along top and bottom edges, else very good condition first edition. Signed and inscribed to Wilma Taylor in 1972 on front free endpaper. Hazo, the Pittsburgh-born son of Lebanese and Syrian immigrants, was the first Pennsylvania poet laureate.
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Arab on Radar: Poems

Arab on Radar: Poems

by Ellis, Angele

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Published
2007
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Paperback
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9780978296148
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Pittsburgh: Six Gallery Press, 2007. Paperback. 59p. in pictorial wraps, poems, Arabic terms glossary, very good condition first edition. Pittsburgh poet of Lebanese and Italian descent.
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Abracadabra

Abracadabra

by Ajay, Stephen

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1977
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New York: New Rivers Press, 1977. Paperback. 73p. paperback, very good. The author, son of the Syrian-American artist Abe Ajay, attended the University of Michigan and went on to teach English at the California College of Arts and Craft.
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Arrival: One or only? And other poems

Arrival: One or only? And other poems

by Azar, James G.

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Published
1982
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Hollywood, FL: LaPress Publications, 1982. Pamphlet. 25p. staplebound chapbook, original price neatly crossed out on cover, minor stains. Poems by the US Army veteran of Lebanese and Syrian heritage.
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Discovery and other poems

Discovery and other poems

by Hazo, Samuel

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Published
1959
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Paperback
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New York: Sheed & Ward, 1959. Paperback. 79p. slim softcover, spine sunned, mild shelfwear, else very good condition. The author's first book of poetry. Hazo, the Pittsburgh-born son of Lebanese and Syrian immigrants, was the first Pennsylvania poet laureate.
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Vast Awakenings

Vast Awakenings

by Saadah, Hanna A.

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Published
1990
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[Oklahoma]: the author, 1990. Hardcover. 159p. hardcover, very good in lightly shelfworn dust jacket; inscribed by the author. Collection of poetry self-published by the Lebanese immigrant author, a longtime Oklahoma resident.
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A Thousand Devils

A Thousand Devils

by Mohammad, K. Silem

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2004
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Paperback
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9780972888004
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[Pawtucket, R.I.]: Combo Books, 2004. Paperback. 97p. slim softcover in illustrated wraps, pen mark through barcode on back cover else very good condition. Arab-American poet and professor at Southern Oregon University. "The devils had to go somewhere. In this case they have gone into the poems." - blurb from Nada Gordon.
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