Bitter English /

Almallah, Ahmad Y.

Bitter English / Ahmad Almallah. - Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2019. - xi, 87 p. ; 23 cm. - Phoenix poets . - Phoenix poets. .

Includes bibliographical references (page 87).

Bitter English -- Rites of passage: Citizenship interview ; Jisr ; Map -- House : Pictures ; The house ; Lines of return ; House cleaning ; The hunt, a home ; The house, searched ; The bookcase -- Mother in between: Matters of light, fog, and sometimes smoke ; Pontificate ; Chronology ; Recycling ; Into his own -- Dirty underworld: Grand ; Prayer ; Anniversary ; Love poem ; At the farmers' market ; At the post office ; Hours, an autobiography ; Malmoum -- Another tongue sustains you. I. II. III. IV. Epilogue.

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Almallah, Ahmad Y.--Poetry.


Palestinian Arabs--Poetry.
Palestinian Americans--Poetry.
Immigrants--United States--Poetry.
Identity (Psychology)--Poetry.

PS3601.L573 / B57 2019