{"product_id":"come-from","title":"come from","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eForeword by Ross Gay\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHere is a collection that pulses with warmth and vitality, heralding the arrival of a fresh and vibrant voice on the poetry scene. Clear and concise, accessible and profound, janan alexandra’s debut poetry collection \u003ci\u003ecome from\u003c\/i\u003e weaves from English to Arabic, exploring the joint projects of longing and belonging.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart love song for the speaker’s mother and part grief song for\nongoing postcolonial loss, this book reaches for, around, and\nthrough language—feeling for its limits and possibilities. \u003ci\u003ecome from\u003c\/i\u003e searches for what might be possible if we dislodge our practices of belonging, divest from nation and state, and instead turn deeply toward each other. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing\non both narrative and lyric impulses, alexandra invites readers into a world\nbristling with family, memory, home, and inheritance—all in the wake of\ndislocation and fracture. In one section of the book, we follow the speaker\n“back home” after years of separation; later, we encounter a series of parables\nin the form of an Arabic abecedarian, through which the speaker recovers parts\nof her mother tongue—invoking\npersonal and communal histories marked with the \u003ci\u003elongue durée\u003c\/i\u003e of empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ecome from\u003c\/i\u003e investigates\nwhat is deeply interior while reaching toward the world with tenderness and\ngenerous attention. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOA Editions, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54249661137240,"sku":"9781960145475","price":18.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781960145475_38c515ec-57d7-4c07-b182-b2dcb6edd341.jpg?v=1765663218","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/come-from","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}