Naomi Shihab Nye

A tribute to W. S. Merwin, with Sonnet Coggins, Robert Hass, Edward Hirsch, Howard Norman, Naomi Shihab Nye, Michael Ondaatje, John Burnham Schwartz, Tracy K. Smith, Michael Wiegers, and Terry Tempest Williams.

Friends and fellow writers read from the work of W. S. Merwin in commemoration of his death on March 15, 2019. A two-term U.S. Poet Laureate, Merwin’s influence on American poetics has been profound. (rmharris)… (lisätietoja)

Three leading poets read their poems and discuss their poetry-activism in New York, San Antonio, Los Angeles, and around the country. Each engages poetic practice and community building with projects that expand poetry's place in our lives and culture: Rachel Eliza Griffiths through photography, Naomi Shihab Nye through writing for children, and Luis J. Rodriguez through publishing projects and political organizing. The transformative power of poetry brings these three together to talk about how we can make a better world. Moderated by Poets House Artistic Director Stephen Motika (rmharris)… (lisätietoja)

Chapter & Verse is a national book club for children’s literature enthusiasts who wish to discuss children’s and young adult fiction, nonfiction, picture books, and poetry. They meet the third Thursday of every month at Red Balloon and are sponsored by Winding Oak.

In December, we'll discuss two books about leaving home: I Remember Beirut by Zeina Abirached and The turtle of Oman by Naomi Shihab Nye. What does it mean to leave the only home you've known? To leave your city? Your country? Do you have favorite books to share with your discussion group with a related theme? Please share them with the group! (added from IndieBound)… (lisätietoja)

The Poetry Reading Group will meet at Around the Corner Cafe on October 19 at 3 pm to discuss You and Yours by Naomi Shihab Nye.

If you are a member of this reading group, please stop by The Northshire Bookstore to pick up your reserved copy of this title (and receive a 20% discount).

For more information about the group or to join please contact Carol at cgraser@northshire.com.

Location: Street: Around the Corner Cafe Additional: 422 Broadway City: Saratoga Springs, Province: New York Postal Code: 12866 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (lisätietoja)

7 pm | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 Naomi Shihab Nye Reading and Q&A Yavapai College Southwest Literary Series Please Note: This is an offsite event at the Yavapai College Library, Susan N. Webb Community Room, Building 19, Room 147. Visit Yavapai College for more information.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Naomi Shihab Nye was born on March 12, 1952, in St. Louis, Missouri, to a Palestinian father and an American mother. During her high school years, she lived in Ramallah in Palestine, the Old City in Jerusalem, and San Antonio, Texas, where she later received her BA in English and world religions from Trinity University. Nye is the author of numerous books of poems, including Transfer (BOA Editions, 2011); You and Yours (BOA Editions, 2005), which received the Isabella Gardner Poetry Award; 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East (Greenwillow Books, 2002), a collection of new and selected poems about the Middle East; Fuel (BOA Editions, 1998); Red Suitcase (BOA Editions, 1994); and Hugging the Jukebox (Far Corner Books, 1982). She is also the author of several books of poetry and fiction for children, including Habibi (Simon Pulse, 1997), for which she received the Jane Addams Children’s Book award in 1998.

Nye gives voice to her experience as an Arab-American through poems about heritage and peace that overflow with a humanitarian spirit. About her work, the poet William Stafford has said, “her poems combine transcendent liveliness and sparkle along with warmth and human insight. She is a champion of the literature of encouragement and heart. Reading her work enhances life.”

Her poems and short stories have appeared in various journals and reviews throughout North America, Europe, and the Middle and Far East. She has traveled to the Middle East and Asia for the United States Information Agency three times, promoting international goodwill through the arts.

Nye’s honors include awards from the International Poetry Forum and the Texas Institute of Letters, the Carity Randall Prize, and four Pushcart Prizes. She has been a Lannan Fellow, a Guggenheim Fellow, and a Witter Bynner Fellow. In 1988, she received The Academy of American Poets’ Lavan Award, selected by W. S. Merwin.

She was elected a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets in 2009. She currently lives in San Antonio, Texas. ABOUT A MAZE ME: POEMS FOR GIRLS A collection of seventy-two poems written especially for girls ages twelve and up by the much-honored and beloved poet Naomi Shihab Nye. "A lovely, rich collection that promises to be a lasting companion for young writers."—School Library Journal

ABOUT THE TURTLE OMAN This accessible, exquisite novel shines with gentle humor and explores themes of moving, family, nature, and immigration. It tells the story of Aref Al-Amri, who must say good-bye to everything and everyone he loves in his hometown of Muscat, Oman, as his family prepares to move to Ann Arbor, Michigan.

ABOUT 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East "Tell me how to live so many lives at once ..."

Fowzi, who beats everyone at dominoes; Ibtisam, who wanted to be a doctor; Abu Mahmoud, who knows every eggplant and peach in his West Bank garden; mysterious Uncle Mohammed, who moved to the mountain; a girl in a red sweater dangling a book bag; children in velvet dresses who haunt the candy bowl at the party; Baba Kamalyari, age 71; Mr. Dajani and his swans; Sitti Khadra, who never lost her peace inside.

Maybe they have something to tell us. Naomi Shihab Nye has been writing about being Arab-American, about Jerusalem, about the West Bank, about family all her life. These new and collected poems of the Middle East — sixty in all — appear together here for the first time.

Location: Street: 1100 E. Sheldon St Additional: City: Prescott, Province: Arizona Postal Code: 86302 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (lisätietoja)

A Special First Thursday at Pearl Event Come help launch internationally acclaimed author Naomi Nye's new book Turtle of Oman on Thursday, Sept 4th, from 4:00-8:00. Naomi will be making two presentations during this four hour event. Check our website thetwig.com for further details. Activities will be available for all ages at The Twig and at other shops at Pearl for this First Thursday. Review Quotes: "A warm and humorous peek at the profound and mundane details of moving from one country to another--a perfect pick for kids on the move."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Publisher Marketing: This accessible, exquisite novel shines with gentle humor and explores themes of moving, family, nature, and immigration. It tells the story of Aref Al-Amri, who must say good-bye to everything and everyone he loves in his hometown of Muscat, Oman, as his family prepares to move to Ann Arbor, Michigan. This is acclaimed poet and National Book Award Finalist Naomi Shihab Nye's first novel set in the Middle East since her acclaimed Habibi. Aref Al-Amri does not want to leave Oman. He does not want to leave his elementary school, his friends, or his beloved grandfather, Siddi. He does not want to live in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where his parents will go to graduate school. His mother is desperate for him to pack his suitcase, but he refuses. Finally, she calls Siddi for help. But rather than pack, Aref and Siddi go on a series of adventures. They visit the camp of a thousand stars deep in the desert, they sleep on Siddi's roof, they fish in the Gulf of Oman and dream about going to India, and they travel to the nature reserve to watch the sea turtles. At each stop, Siddi finds a small stone that he later slips into Aref's suitcase--mementos of home. Naomi Shihab Nye's warmth, attention to detail, and belief in the power of empathy and connection shines from every page. Features black-and-white spot art and decorations by Betsy Peterschmidt. Review Citations: · Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2014 (EAN 9780062019721, Hardcover) - *Starred Review · School Library Journal 06/01/2014 pg. 107 (EAN 9780062019721, Hardcover) · Publishers Weekly 06/02/2014 (EAN 9780062019721, Hardcover) Contributor Bio: Nye, Naomi Shihab Naomi Shihab Nye is a poet and anthologist and the acclaimed author of Habibi: A Novel and Sitti's Secrets, a picture book, which was based on her own experiences visiting her beloved Sitti in Palestine. Her book 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East was a finalist for the National Book Award. She has taught writing and worked in schools all over the world, including in Muscat, Oman. She lives in San Antonio, Texas.

Location: Street: 306 Pearl Parkway Additional: Suite 106 City: San Antonio, Province: Texas Postal Code: 78215 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (lisätietoja)

William Stafford (1914–1993) was the author of more than 50 books; his first poetry collection, Traveling Through the Dark (1962), won the 1963 National Book Award for Poetry. A conscientious objector during World War II and avid ecologist, Stafford spent most of his teaching career at Lewis & Clark College in Oregon. With his deceptively simple style and reverence for the natural world, he is considered the Robert Frost of the American west. In celebration of his centennial, poets Naomi Shihab Nye and Kim Stafford (the poet’s son) talk about their relationship with this beloved poet and his remarkable body of work. (rmharris)… (lisätietoja)

Peter Cole; Peter Gizzi; Jim Haba; Edward Hirsch; Adina Hoffman; Naomi Shihab Nye; Gerald Stern; Eliot Weinberger ; Michael Wiegers

Born in the Galilee village of Saffuriyya in 1931, the self-taught and beloved Taha Muhammad Ali wrote poems—direct, sometimes humorous, often devastating—that conflate the personal and political with details of village life and the upheaval of conflict. On the first anniversary of the death of this major Palestinian writer, we celebrate his life and work with readings, reminiscences, and audio and video clips. $10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House members (rmharris)… (lisätietoja)