Poem of the Week | December 01, 2014
Hala Alyan: "Meals"
This week we’re delighted to offer a new poem by Hala Alyan. Alyan is a Palestinian-American poet and clinical psychologist currently residing in Manhattan. Her work has appeared in several journals including Copper Nickel, CALYX, Third Coast, and The Journal, and her first full-length poetry collection, Atrium, published by Three Rooms Press, was recently awarded the 2013 Arab American Book Award in Poetry. Her second poetry collection, Four Cities, is forthcoming by Black Lawrence Press in 2015.
Author’s note:
This poem emerged from a conversation about the cultural meaning of hunger and feasting, and how our relationship with food is often directly linked with the political landscape of our lives—the desperation, the coveting, the glut.
Meals
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