Lit & Found: A Poem by Maya Abu Al-Hayyat
“Maya’s poems are made of such dailiness, the extreme violence of a colonizing force punctuating days filled with humor and compassion and small failures and sweeping loves.”
Maya Abu al-Hayyat
Friday Finds: ‘A Contemporary Novel’ by Maya Abu al-Hayat & Five More
“The female protagonist visits him in the mornings, / taps shyly on the window, sweeps the street with a glance. / (Did anyone see her?).”
Two Laughter Poems & a Cover Reveal from Maya Abu al-Hayyat’s ‘You Can Be the Last Leaf’
“You will hear and taste her laughter and also yours. Because laughter is ‘the excess knowledge no one takes seriously,’ the cherished identity smuggled out of psychology and surveilled consciousness.”
8 Books for Young Readers: Arab Women’s KidLit in Translation
For Women in Translation Month (#WITMonth), eight books for younger readers, written by women and translated to English, for readers in utero and up.
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