{"product_id":"the-iraqi-nights-9780811222860","title":"The Iraqi Nights","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe Iraqi Nights\u003c\/em\u003e is the third collection by the acclaimed Iraqi poet Dunya Mikhail. Taking \u003cem\u003eThe One Thousand and One Nights\u003c\/em\u003e as her central theme, Mikhail personifies the role of Scheherazade the storyteller, saving herself through her tales. The nights are endless, seemingly as dark as war in this haunting collection, seemingly as endless as war. Yet the poet cannot stop dreaming of a future beyond the violence of a place where \"every moment \/ something ordinary \/ will happen under the sun.\" Unlike Scheherazade, however, Mikhail is writing, not to escape death, but to summon the strength to endure. Inhabiting the emotive spaces between Iraq and the U.S., Mikhail infuses those harsh realms with a deep poetic intimacy. The author's vivid illustrations -- inspired by Sumerian tablets -- are threaded throughout this powerful book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811222860\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.90w x 0.30d","brand":"Dunya Mikhail","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42917043077301,"sku":"9780811222860","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f0eb1582-bec2-4bb9-84f0-6097e88c94f0.jpg?v=1687276101","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-iraqi-nights-9780811222860","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}