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21. CAROLYN FORCHE (2 POETRY READINGS)
$10.00
22. Unfortunately, It Was Paradise:
 
23. Gathering the Tribes -- Volume
 
24. The colonel
 
25. The Angel of History
 
$1.95
26. Fever Dreams: Contemporary Arizona
 
$0.99
27. Bruise Theory (New Poets of America)
 
28. PHOEBE: The George Mason Review.
 
29. Unfortunately, It Was Paradise:
 
30. The Country Between Us
 
31.
 
32.
 
33. PORTFOLIO 1982
34. Ploughshares Winter 1991-92 :
 
35. Ploughshares Vol. 16, No. 4 Winter
 
36. Gathering The Tribes. Foreword
 
37. Ploughshares Vol. 17, No. 4 Winter
 
38. The Country Between Us
 
39. The Country Between Us
 
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40. Joseph Wesner at Mid-Career

21. CAROLYN FORCHE (2 POETRY READINGS) (NOT A CD!) (AUDIOTAPE CASSETTE LIVE POETRY READINGS) (THE ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS AUDIO ARCHIVE)
by CAROLYN FORCHE
 Audio Cassette: Pages (1994)

Asin: B001JE3VYS
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NOT A CD! THIS IS THE AUDIOTAPE CASSETTE OF 2 LIVE POETRY READINGS BY CAROLYN FORCHE! THE ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS AUDIO ARCHIVE. APPROX. 45 MIN. TOTAL PLAYING TIME.SIDE 1: AT THE NEW SCHOOL 10/25/94--INTRODUCED BY CYRUS CASSELLS--SELECTIONS FROM "THE ANGEL OF HISTORY".SIDE 2: AT THE SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM 12/7/78--INTRODUCED BY LAUREN SHAKELY--NEW POEMS. ... Read more


22. Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems
by Mahmoud Darwish
Paperback: 208 Pages (2003-01-06)
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Asin: 0520237544
Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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Mahmoud Darwish is a literary rarity: at once critically acclaimed as one of the most important poets in the Arabic language, and beloved as the voice of his people. He is a living legend whose lyrics are sung by fieldworkers and schoolchildren. He has assimilated some of the world's oldest literary traditions at the same time that he has struggled to open new possibilities for poetry. This collection spans Darwish's entire career, nearly four decades, revealing an impressive range of expression and form. A splendid team of translators has collaborated with the poet on these new translations, which capture Darwish's distinctive voice and spirit. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (4)

5-0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Exquisite
This book is absolutely exquisite!I only hope that someday I can read it in its original Arabic.
Every piece included is absolute magic, but the two longer pieces, "The Hoopoe" and "Mural" are my favorites."Mural" reads like a mixture of Eliot's "Four Quartets" and random passages by Fernando Pessoa in THE BOOK OF DISQUIET.And "The Hoopoe" is very reminiscent of Yeats's "The Second Coming."
Please read this book if you love Darwish, or choose this one as a starting point if you're not yet acquainted.It's magnificent.

5-0 out of 5 stars A Nation is as Great as its Ode
"If "a nation is as great as its ode," as Mahmoud Darwish writes in "Mural," one of many poems included in Unfortunately It Was Paradise-a masterfully translated collection from Palestine's most famous poet that also includes selections from "Fewer Roses", "I See What I Want To See", "Why Have You Left the Horse Alone?" and "A Bed for the Stranger"-then Palestine is a great nation indeed. Darwish expresses the pain of millions of refugees who live "a present not embraced by the past...who travel like everyone else, but we return to nothing." He embodies the spirit of the intifada, where "we flash victory signs in the darkness so that the darkness may glitter," embraces the prisoner who is "accused of what is within us," knows "what the dove means when it lays eggs on the rifle's muzzle," dares to speak of love in the face of tragedy, and exclaims "you are my reality, I am your question."" -- From the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, April 2006 issue.

5-0 out of 5 stars Universal, religious, political and excellent
Darwish is the first contemporary poet I have read whom I can plausibly envision being read a millenia from now.While he writes from the perspective of an exiled Palestinian, he does so in a manner that speaks of universal exile (or alienation).He writes with images and language that speaks well across cultures; the few pages of glossary provide what little may not be immediately known to a western reader.His images are arresting but simple: "A silver thread is drawn out of mulberry trees / forming letters on the page of night" or "We gnawed on stones to open a space for jasmine".He makes effective use of repetition, with and without variation.He uses the common base of Judaism, Christianity and Islam as a cultural base for recognizing common humanity: "Beneath us is Noah's flood, Babylon, broken corpses, / skeletons, temples, and the breath of peoples' cries / for help upon the face of the waters."

Poem after poem requires a second, a third reading not because of failure to understand in the first reading but because of the beauty and depth of thought held in the poem.

Yes, it would be nice to be able to read the original, but lacking that capability, the translation provides immediate enjoyment.

3-0 out of 5 stars The Poetic Language
I'm so glad my mother tongue language is Arabic! I've read Darwish's books in Arabic, and they were 'uplifting', and truely goes into your heart. Poetry books are supposed to be the hardest to read, you just can't pass one page without fully getting the idea, or at least have a personal thought about it.
this book is a translation of Darwish's poems, and unfortunately, it did not catch that 'paradise' of their original language.
you can pick up the book, read it, and understand it, but you will not get the idea he is a top poet. but he is, very much he is.

still, i think alot of people should read it, if nothing more than to have a feel of the desperation of the Palestinians away from their homeland. ... Read more


23. Gathering the Tribes -- Volume 17 of the Yale Series of Younger Poets
by Carolyn Forche
 Paperback: Pages (1976-01-01)

Asin: B001Q1O2H4
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24. The colonel
by Carolyn Forche
 Unknown Binding: Pages (1982)

Asin: B0006FBZY4
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25. The Angel of History
by Carolyn Forche
 Paperback: Pages (1995-01-01)

Asin: B0031EG1WS
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26. Fever Dreams: Contemporary Arizona Poetry
 Hardcover: 231 Pages (1997-03)
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Asin: 0816515883
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27. Bruise Theory (New Poets of America)
by Natalie Kenvin
 Paperback: 75 Pages (1995-05-01)
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Asin: 1880238217
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28. PHOEBE: The George Mason Review. Vol 20, No 1 and 2. Fall/Winter 1990.
by Patricia (ed.) [Carolyn Forche, George Mosby Jr. ]. PERIODICAL. BERTHEAUD
 Paperback: Pages (1990)

Asin: B0027COP0A
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29. Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected Poems
by Mahmud/ Akash, Munir (TRN)/ Forche, Carolyn (TRN) Darwish
 Paperback: Pages (2002-01-01)

Asin: B002A7GJM4
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30. The Country Between Us
by Carolyn FORCHÉ
 Hardcover: Pages (1981)

Asin: B001VE2E1C
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31.
 

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33. PORTFOLIO 1982
by Carolyn; Thomas McGrath et al Forche
 Unknown Binding: Pages (1982-01-01)

Asin: B002CMWREQ
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34. Ploughshares Winter 1991-92 : Traces of Struggle and Desire
Paperback: 268 Pages (1991-12-31)
list price: US$9.95
Isbn: 0933277989
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Stories and Poems. Contributors include: Peter Balakian, Cal Bedient, T. Begley, Susan Bergman, Olga Broumas, Alison Bundy, Maxine Chernoff, Killarney Clary, Mary Crow, Barbara Cully, Melinda Davis, Debra Kang Dean, Sharon Doubiago, Odysseas Elytis, Martín Espada, Lise Goett, Marea Gordett, Greg Grummer, Daniel Halpern, Vance Philip Hedderel, Paul Hoover, Fanny Howe, Peter Huchel, Colette Inez, Lawrence Joseph, Roberto Juarroz, David Kaufmann, Peter Klappert, Yusef Komunyakaa, Ann Lauterbach, Lyn Lifshin, Jaime Manrique, Carole Maso, Bobbie Ann Mason, Harry Mattison, Richard McCann, James Merrill, Jane Miller, Honor Moore, Evan Oakley, Suzanne Paola, Lucia Maria Perillo, Peter Jay Shippy, Charles Simic, Daniel Simko, James Tate, Susan Tichy, Quincy Troupe, Ioanna-Veronika Warwick, Rebecca Wee ... Read more


35. Ploughshares Vol. 16, No. 4 Winter 1990-91 the Literature of Ecstasy Edited By Gerald Stern
by Editor Carolyn Forche
 Paperback: Pages (1990-01-01)

Asin: B001XIIGE0
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36. Gathering The Tribes. Foreword by Stanley Kunitz.
by CAROLYN. FORCHE
 Paperback: Pages (1976)

Asin: B002SM8QRW
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37. Ploughshares Vol. 17, No. 4 Winter 1991-92, Traces of Struggle and Desire
by Editor Carolyn Forche
 Paperback: Pages (1991-01-01)

Asin: B002E8N6MK
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38. The Country Between Us
by Carolyn Forche
 Paperback: Pages (1981)

Asin: B000GRRQX6
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39. The Country Between Us
by Carolyn Forche
 Hardcover: Pages (1981)

Asin: B000KRT7ZM
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40. Joseph Wesner at Mid-Career
by Carolyn Forche, Robert B. Jacob, Kiichi Usui Gary D. Russi
 Paperback: 40 Pages (1996-07)
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Asin: 0925859044
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