Book record
Poetic Justice
Anthology
Translated from Arabic, zajal, french, tamazight by Deborah Kapchan
Poetic Justice is an anthology of Arabic, zajal, french, tamazight poetry, translated by Deborah Kapchan, published by Center for Middle Eastern Studies in 2019. It is an anthology of Moroccan performance and poetic traditions moving through Arabic, zajal, French, and Tamazight. As an anthology, its force is cultural as much as literary, showing how poetry lives in oral performance, social argument, memory, and the public body. I would not approach it as a book that needs to be solved before it can be felt. Start with the pressure of the title, the texture of the translated line, and the feeling of a voice making room for itself in English. For this library, the book matters as more than a record of Morocco; it is an invitation to let poetry remain particular, difficult, and alive without asking it to behave like explanation.
- Published
- 2019
- Publisher
- Center for Middle Eastern Studies
- Language
- Arabic, zajal, french, tamazight
- Country
- Morocco
- ISBN
- 9781477318492