A Poem
Naomi Shihab Nye
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“Every act of violence in this world, whether sanctioned or unsanctioned, is a betrayal of language. I believe in language.” Thus speaks NAOMI SHIHAB NYE, a Palestinian- American writer who lives in San Antonio, TX, with her husband, photographer Michael Nye, and their children. Her latest work includes three books: “A Maze Me: Poems for Girls;” “Going Going” (a novel for teens); “You & Yours,” poems. Nye has written more than 25 books, including “19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East,” a National Book Award finalist, and “Habibi,” a novel translated into German and Hebrew that won six Best Book awards, was turned into a stage play, and is used as a textbook in many schools. |
