Load Poems Like Guns: Women's Poetry from Herat, Afghanistan AUTH-12313992 Mark Arnold

Mark Arnold

Why are so many of us drawn to themes associated with darkness such as death

Kristina thinks she can control the urge

In The Witch's Tongue

And additional resources--including video tutorials and interactive graphs--are available on the book's website

Load Poems Like Guns: Women's Poetry from Herat, Afghanistan AUTH-12313992 Mark Arnold"Load Poems Like Guns is an important book. It gives an eloquent and wrenching witness to voices from another place and another poetry: voices with a unique mix of formal power and personal pain. Eight Afghan women poets are eloquently translated here by Farzana Marie, including the tragic and luminously gifted Nadia Anjuman. This is a bilingual edition; the English and Dari are side by side, allowing us a glimpse of the mysterious and profound