Dictionary of Midnight

By Abdulla PashewTranslated from the Kurdish by Alana Marie Levinson-LaBrosse The sharp, lyrical verse— personal and political— of a poet that paints a literary window into his contested homeland, Kurdistan. Publication Date: December 3, 2019 Paperback: 9781944700805 Description With a foreword by National Book Award-winning author William T. Vollmann Dictionary of Midnight collects almost 50 years of poetry by Abdulla Pashew, the most influential Kurdish poet alive today. Pashew’s poems chart a personal cartography of exile, recounting the recent political history of Kurdistan and its struggle for independence. Poet-translator Alana Marie Levinson-LaBrosse worked with the poet to select and translate his most iconic poems, balancing well-known, politically engaged contemporary Kurdish classics like “12 Lessons for Children” with the concise love lyrics that have always punctuated his work. Biographical Note When he gives readings in Kurdistan, Abdulla Pashew draws audiences in the tho