{"product_id":"70000-poems-9781771684545","title":"70,000: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eA powerful act of remembrance and resistance, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e70,000\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e transforms cultural erasure into a living, breathing archive of grief, memory, and hope.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e70,000\u003c\/i\u003e is a visceral and inventive poetry collection inspired by the removal of approximately 70,000 books from Palestinian homes and private libraries before and during the events of 1948. Of those books, most have not been returned; about 6,000 remain housed in Israeli national collections, where they are largely inaccessible to Palestinians. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn response to this loss of cultural and intellectual heritage, Lenna Jawdat began handwriting the numbers one to 70,000, choosing to imagine each number as a book. Trained as a trauma therapist, she documented the emotional and physical experience of this ritual, tracing the grief, reverence, and endurance that surfaced through the process. This full-color book unfolds through three interwoven threads: the numbers themselves, reflections on the act of writing, and a personal and familial poetic narrative expressed in both image and verse. Together, they form a fragmented yet powerful archive--blending poetry, memoir, maps, documents, and collage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e70,000\u003c\/i\u003e is an embodied meditation on cultural displacement, memory, and resilience. What begins as a personal act of witnessing becomes a collective gesture toward remembrance, continuity, and the possibility of healing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Central Avenue Poetry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771684545\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs","brand":"Lenna Jawdat","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52507651244213,"sku":"9781771684545","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b27fee15-9ccb-4123-a1c1-b035f18babe7.jpg?v=1778566379","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/70000-poems-9781771684545","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}