Bint Copper Canyon Press Each attempt to speak was

Each attempt to speak was an effort to cross margins

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a group of student singers accidentally conjures the spirit of an excommunicated monk living in agony over the tragic death of his beloved

The book delves deeper through an interview featuring interwoven voices

Bint Copper Canyon Press Each attempt to speak wasGhinwa Jawhari's debut collection is a meditation on the Arabic word "bint" (), or "girl." The girl in these pages attempts to reconcile an American identity as a "mite of the wooden house." At the onset of her "acned year," she is "polluted with breasts," suddenly aware of her body and its reaction to other bodies. In BINT, the "palate succumbs to pleasure crested pricks" just as the din of tradition continues to conjure "a valley of mirrors." The