Sand Opera

by Philip Metres

Book Overview

"Sand Opera is what political poetry must be like today in our age of seemingly permanent war."--Mark Nowak

Sand Opera emerges from the dizzying position of being named but unheard as an Arab American and out of the parallel sense of seeing Arabs named and silenced since 9/11. Polyvocal poems, arias, and redacted text speak for the unheard. Philip Metres exposes our common humanity while investigating the dehumanizing perils...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1938584090
• ISBN13: 9781938584091
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Alice James Books
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 7.9"