Poetry. Middle Eastern Studies. Women's Studies. "Zeina Hashem Beck crafts
a multifaceted portrait of the people and the streets of Beirut. Part love-
letter, part elegy, Hashem Beck's debut collection keeps the city from
becoming 'a shadow of a memory, / the memory of a shadow' for poet and
reader both, offering us instead 'labyrinths / in which we get lost on
purpose.' This collection is as vibrant and sensitive as its subject--the
city that 'understands / not being tired of being.' Join me in an
enthusiastic welcome for a compelling new voice in Anglophone poetry."--
John Hennessy