03053oam 2200601 450 991015470530332120180607005633.00-472-12242-810.3998/mpub.9299873(CKB)4340000000023017(MiAaPQ)EBC4768829(OCoLC)965825400(MdBmJHUP)muse54276(MiU)10.3998/mpub.9299873(EXLCZ)99434000000002301720160912d2016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierHow long have you been with us? essays on poetry /Khaled MattawaAnn Arbor :University of Michigan Press,[2016]1 online resource (192 pages)Poets on poetry0-472-07329-X 0-472-05329-9 ""As a writer starting out in the early 1990s," Khaled Mattawa begins "Meet the Poet-Stranger," the essay that opens this collection, "I wanted the company of fellow immigrants who worked in the language of their adopted homelands, chiseling away at their exile and making a home for themselves in poetry." Throughout his career, Mattawa's thoughtful and politically astute considerations of what it means to create as a "poet-stranger," particularly for those of Middle Eastern heritage, have been steeped in his personal experience as a Libyan-American writer. The essays included in this volume cover Mattawa's approach toward translating contemporary and classical Arabic poetry, the personal and international politics of poetry, and the difficulty of representing one's own family history in one's own writing. The concluding piece, "Poems and Days (A Reader's Memoir)," presents his deep engagement with the work of other poets during his formative years as a writer"--Provided by publisher.Poets on poetryAmerican poetry20th centuryHistory and criticismAmerican poetry21st centuryHistory and criticismAmerican literatureArab American authorsHistory and criticismEnglish literatureArab authorsHistory and criticismEnglish literatureEnglish-speaking countriesArab Americans in literatureArabs in literatureAmerican poetryHistory and criticism.American poetryHistory and criticism.American literatureArab American authorsHistory and criticism.English literatureArab authorsHistory and criticism.English literatureArab Americans in literature.Arabs in literature.808.1POE000000bisacshMattawa Khaled1168700Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan)MiUMiUBOOK9910154705303321How long have you been with us2893780UNINA