{"title":"Lena Khalaf Tuffaha","description":"Lena Khalaf Tuffaha is a poet, essayist, and translator. She is the author of two books of poetry, Water \u0026amp; Salt (Red Hen Press) and Kaan and Her Sisters (Trio House Press 2023). She has received honors including the 2018 Washington State Book Award, the 2019 Robert Watson Literary Prize, 2020 Best of the Net for nonfiction, and the Goldstein Prize for Poetry. Tuffaha was the 2022 curator of the translation series Poems from Palestine at the Baffler magazine. She lives in Redmond, Washington, with her family.","products":[{"product_id":"something-about-living-national-book-award-winner-paperback","title":"Something about Living: National Book Award Winner - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2024 National Book Award for Poetry\u003cbr\u003e2025 ALA Notable Book\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2025 Washington State Book Award for Poetry\u003cbr\u003e2025 Arab American Book Award Winner (George Ellenbogen Poetry Award)\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2022 Akron Poetry Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's 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 Tuffaha's gorgeous and wide-ranging new collection \u003cem\u003eSomething About Living\u003c\/em\u003e does just that. Her poems interweave Palestine's historic suffering, the challenges of living in this world full of violence and ill will, and the gentle delights we embrace to survive that violence. Khalaf Tuffaha's elegant poems sing the fractured songs of Diaspora while remaining clear-eyed to the cause of the fracturing: the multinational hubris of colonialism and greed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection is her witness to our collective unraveling, vowel by vowel, syllable by syllable. \"Let the plural be a return of us\" the speaker of \"On the Thirtieth Friday We Consider Plurals\" says and this plurality is our tenuous humanity and the deep need to hang on to kindness in our communities. In these poems, Khalaf Tuffaha reminds us that love isn't an idea; it is a radical act. Especially for those who, like this poet, travel through the world vigilantly, but steadfastly remain heart first. --Adrian Matejka, author of \u003cem\u003eSomebody Else Sold the World\u003c\/em\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51376773136607,"sku":"9781629222738","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/7MS_yaK_B59781629222738.webp?v=1789225299"},{"product_id":"water-salt-paperback","title":"Water \u0026 Salt - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eLena Khalaf Tuffaha's debut, \u003ci\u003eWater \u0026amp; Salt\u003c\/i\u003e, sings in the voices of people ravaged by cycles of war and news coverage. These poems alternately rage, laugh, celebrate and grieve, singing in the voices of people ravaged by cycles of war and news coverage and inviting the reader to see the human lives lived beyond the headlines.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378321096927,"sku":"9781597090292","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/FVfbiiAj0e9781597090292.webp?v=1789254394"},{"product_id":"kaan-and-her-sisters-paperback","title":"Kaan and Her Sisters - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA finalist for the 2024 CLMP Firecracker Award and the Arab American Book Award, Lena Khalaf Tuffaha's \u003cem\u003eKaan and Her Sisters\u003c\/em\u003e illuminates the work of grief and survival, the sordid legacies of official historical record and the liberatory practice of intimate narration. Tuffaha writes in the liminal space between languages, personifying Arabic verbs who guide the reader through a \"history hurtling into the future.\" \u003cem\u003eKaan and Her Sisters \u003c\/em\u003ecenters character of the Arabic teacher, Miss Sahar, whose progressive displacements from Palestine and across Arab cities unfold in epistles, refashioned songs, and glimpses into the interiors of her lost home. In these disclosures, a study of time and a record of resistance to erasure emerges, and at its heart, the women who keep intergenerational memory. \"Our mothers miraculous, persevering.\/No maps are new to the ancestors.\" \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378327224543,"sku":"9781949487145","price":19.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/UnNPi7xATo9781949487145.webp?v=1789254409"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/lena-khalaf-tuffaha.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}