Fifteen Iraqi Poets (New Directions Publishing) vinyl The time is right for

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which the author joined as a teenager in the early 70s

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Fifteen Iraqi Poets (New Directions Publishing) vinyl The time is right forFifteen Iraqi Poets compiles fifteen poems, each written by a prominent twentieth century Iraqi poet. Selected, with commentary, by the award winning Iraqi American poet Dunya Mikhail, this little anthology is the perfect introduction to a glorious literature that traces its roots back to ancient Sumer a poetry written in a state of continuous wars and massacres, where laments often open with a plea to the destroyed homeland: O Iraq."