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Two Tongues

Two Tongues

Paperback

Series: New Women's Voices, Book 149

General Poetry

Publisher Price: $14.99

ISBN10: 1635349508
ISBN13: 9781635349504
Publisher: Finishing Line Pr
Published: Jun 21 2019
Pages: 34
Weight: 0.12
Height: 0.08 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

In Two Tongues, Lana Issam Ghannam writes about her experiences growing up as a first-generation Palestinian-American in post-9/11 America. She creates small scenes from big perspectives in each poem as she navigates her two cultures from adolescence to adulthood. She moves in and out of family duty, religion, culture, gender expectations, patriotism, and competing languages in the search for her truest identity. These poems represent her growth, stand for her pride, and strive for the absolute strength known by so many immigrated families--I grow beneath the ground / in this America of coloring seas. / ...I am of this earth, this flame / ...I own the roots of this land.

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