{"product_id":"malak-paperback","title":"Malak - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJenny Sadre-Orafai\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the speaker's Iranian grandmother who read fortunes passes away, she begins to understand that she's inherited her grandmother's gifts. Without an initiation to forecasting, the speaker is left to make sense of her history and her future through signs and experiences she can't explain. The poems excavate the past to make sense of loss and inheritance, of magic and fate. Teeming with foxes and birds, Malak translates what's seen and unseen, and what can be heard in the quiet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJenny Sadre-Orafai is the author of \u003cem\u003ePaper Cotton Leather\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMalak\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eDear Outsiders\u003c\/em\u003e and coauthor of \u003cem\u003eBook of Levitations\u003c\/em\u003e. Her poetry has appeared in \u003cem\u003ePuerto del Sol\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCream City Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Ninth Letter\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Cortland Review\u003c\/em\u003e. Her prose has appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e Fourteen Hills\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Los Angeles Review\u003c\/em\u003e. She cofounded and coedits \u003cem\u003eJosephine Quarterly \u003c\/em\u003eand teaches creative writing at Kennesaw State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 55\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.32 x 8.82 x 5.83 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 10, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42384280387719,"sku":"9781629222912","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/4061cbac016cd77105812a34ef0d0ca0.webp?v=1740729940","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/malak-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}