The Poetry of Exile and Identity | Zeina Hashem Beck
We talked to Zeina Hashem Beck about her poetry and the variety of topics it covers such as Arab culture, home, exile, family narratives, language, the body, love, and faith.
Zeina Hashem Beck is a Lebanese poet. She published several poetry collections and chapbooks winning several awards. Her poetry has been featured on The Academy of American Poets' Poem-a-Day and has appeared in The Atlantic, Poetry Magazine, Ploughshares, The New York Times Magazine, The Adroit Journal, The Rialto, Poetry London, World Literature Today, The Southeast Review, Triquarterly, Boulevard, Ambit, Poetry Northwest, and elsewhere. Zeina’s invented a bilingual poetic form called The Duet, in which Arabic and English exist both independently and in conversation with each other.
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