{"product_id":"octobers-poems-paperback","title":"Octobers: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSahar Muradi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLonglist Finalist, 2023 Julie Suk Award \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOCTOBERS\u003c\/i\u003e traces the four great tumults of the author's life, all of which originated in that jagged month of different years: The US invasion and occupation of her native Afghanistan, the death of her father, the sudden end of a love, and the birth of her daughter. The poems chart heartbreak along a helix, progressively and recursively, where \"echoes are inevitable.\" Ultimately, the collection is concerned with language--as witness and buoy in the white waters of loss, as a tool for violences small and state-crafted, as an asymptote both approaching ideas of \"home\" and estranged from it, and, beyond it all and still, as a source of wild wonder.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSahar Muradi \u003c\/b\u003eis author of the chapbooks \u003ci\u003e[ G A T E S ]\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Garden Beyond My Hand\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAsk Hafiz: A Migration Story Told through Poetic Divination\u003c\/i\u003e. She is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eOne Story, Thirty Stories: An Anthology of Contemporary Afghan American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEMERGENC(Y): Writing Afghan Lives beyond the Forever War: An Anthology of Writing from Afghanistan and Its Diaspora\u003c\/i\u003e, and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eA Ritual in X Movements\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a recipient of the Stacy Doris Memorial Poetry Award and the Patrons' Prize for Emerging Writers from Thornwillow Press, as well as a finalist for the National Poetry Series and the Sustainable Arts Foundation. Sahar is cofounder of the Afghan American Artists \u0026amp; Writers Association and dearly believes in the bottom of the rice pot.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.12 x 9.01 x 6.13 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 10, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759065366816,"sku":"9780822967088","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1462fa09474c636a22484cd227e8c66d.webp?v=1780141838","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/octobers-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}