Something About Living (Akron Series in Poetry) Asian American Literature & Fiction in an act of selfless

in an act of selfless courage years ago

Together they'll have to traverse the classroom

to end slavery

While Daddy is busy wrangling a mud-happy dog

Winning Catriona’s favor could be the key to his success

Something About Living (Akron Series in Poetry) Asian American Literature & Fiction in an act of selflessFinalist for the 2024 National Book Award for Poetry Winner of the 2022 Akron Poetry Prize Its nearly impossible to write poetry that holds the human desire for joy and the insistent agitations of protest at the same time, but Lena Khalaf Tuffahas gorgeous and wide ranging new collection Something About Living does just that. Her poems interweave Palestines historic suffering, the challenges of living in this world full of violence and ill will, and