Invitation to a secret feast by Jumānah Sallūm Ḥaddād and translated by Khaled Mattawa

This is poetry from Lebanon.

Invitation to a secret feast by Jumānah Sallūm Ḥaddād translated by Khaled Mattawa is published by Tupelo Press. This is a Book originally written in Arabic. This was published in 2008.0 and has the ISBN of 9.78193219562E12.

Invitation to a secret feast, by Jumānah Sallūm Ḥaddād, is a Arabic poetry collection from Lebanon, translated by Khaled Mattawa, published by Tupelo Press in 2008. It is a book of appetite, secrecy, and address, where the invitation feels less social than dangerous, intimate, and theatrical. There is enough factual grounding here to place the book, but the real test is readerly. Does the poem leave an image behind; does it change the room; does it ask the tongue to behave differently for a moment? This collection earns its place because it keeps that possibility open.

If you’d like to see international poetry continue and gain traction, consider requesting this work from your local library, or purchasing it from places like Open Books (a poetry only bookstore), Asterism Books (an independent press distributor), or bookshop.org to connect you with your local bookstores.

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