Dictionary of Midnight - by Abdulla Pashew (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><b>The sharp, lyrical verse— personal and political— of a poet that paints a literary window into his contested homeland, Kurdistan.</b><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>With a foreword by National Book Award-winning author William T. Vollmann</b> <p/><i>Dictionary of Midnight</i> collects almost 50 years of poetry by Abdulla Pashew, the most influential Kurdish poet alive today. Pashew's poems chart a personal cartography of exile, recounting the recent political history of Kurdistan and its struggle for independence. Poet-translator Alana Marie Levinson-LaBrosse worked with the poet to select and translate his most iconic poems, balancing well-known, politically engaged contemporary Kurdish classics like 12 Lessons for Children with the concise love lyrics that have always punctuated his work.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><em>Dictionary of Midnight </em>shows the lasting haunt of exile, but also the evocative powers of writing as testament to personal strife and a people's lifelong yearning for home." -- <em>Asymptote Journal</em><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>When he gives readings in Kurdistan, <b>Abdulla Pashew</b> draws audiences in the thousands. In addition to his eight volumes of poetry, Pashew is a prolific translator, fluent in Russian and English, responsible for bringing Whitman and Pushkin to Kurdish readership. He holds a master's degree in pedagogy and a doctorate in philology. <i>Dictionary of Midnight</i> is the first book-length selection of his poetry to appear in English. <p/><b>Alana Marie Levinson-LaBrosse</b> is a poet, translator, and co-director of Kashkul, a research, translation, and arts collaborative. She has lived and worked in Iraq since 2011, during which time she has dedicated herself to bringing Kurdish poets to English-speaking audiences, including Kajal Ahmad's <i>Handful of Salt</i>. Her poems, translations, and essays have appeared in <i>The Iowa Review</i>, <i>Modern Poetry in Translation</i>, <i>The Sewanee Review</i>, and <i>World Literature Today</i>, among others.
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