Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: Selected PoemsMahmoud Darwish is a literary rarity: at once critically acclaimed as one of the most important poets in the Arabic language, and beloved as the voice of his people. A legend in Palestine, his lyrics are sung by fieldworkers and schoolchildren. He has assimilated some of the world's oldest literary traditions while simultaneously struggling to open new possibilities for poetry. This collection spans Darwish's entire career, nearly four decades,

it can be difficult to fully comprehend the staggering influence of Aristotle's lessons

and according to Paris Marx

Jack Malik’s words on the page take on a new life when he performs them

Sulawesi and Arafura seas

The Malay Rulers responded by "reinventing" themselves as active players in the affairs of the nation and have recovered some of their traditional status

EVERYTHING IN LIFE IS A FIRE is Dano Chow’s first collection of poetry and haiku

Buber—one of the greatest Jewish minds of the 20th century—lays out a view of the world in which human beings can enter into relationships that enhance their mutual existential dignity (I–Thou relations)

gained through an awareness of pure existence

Huddled in the dark

and above all about freedom

and why books became so iconic

whatever the consequences