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My Heart Became a Bomb

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My Heart Became a Bomb is the first collection of poetry by Syrian-Palestinian poet Ramy al-Asheq to be translated into English. Poignant and raw, these poems take the reader along a path of forced emigration from Bashar al-Assad's prisons in Syria to Amsterdam to Auschwitz to Berlin, Germany, where Al-Asheq is now creating a new home. By turns melancholy and reflective, celebratory and hopeful, Al-Asheq's newly translated poems offer the English-reading audience a contemporary perspective on the experience of exile in a world facing the phenomeno of mass migration, whether for political or environmental reasons. The translations are the result of a long collaboration between Al-Asheq and Thompson (who also edited this collection). Raising questions about the nature of love, identity, and the role of poetry in the face of constant flux and great uncertainty, My Heart Became a Bomb introduces an important new voice to the world of contemporary poetry.

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ISBN: 9781477322260
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Author: Ramy AlAsheq
Publisher: Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Texas at Austin an imprint of Ctr for Middle Eastern Studies UT-Austin
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 83 pages
Series: Emerging Voices from the Middle East
Genres: Poetry by individual poets
Poetry