{"product_id":"a-book-with-a-hole-in-it-kamelya-omayma-youssef-1","title":"A book with a hole in it - Kamelya Omayma Youssef","description":"\u003cp\u003eKamelya Omayma Youssef’s \u003cem\u003eA book with a hole in it \u003c\/em\u003euses the poetry of the fragment and the language of everyday survival to gesture towards the fallibility of language at the juncture of the multiple, intersecting wars on women, on \"terror,\" on the non-White body, and on people and language in diaspora. Drawn from a set of journals written over a four-month period, \u003cem\u003eA book with a hole in it\u003c\/em\u003e throws the formal, official work of poetry into relief, asking what knowledge exists beyond knowledge, which silences are too deep to be surfaced on the page, and how to pierce through trauma and violence to approach a politics of redemption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKamelya Omayma Youssef's \u003cem\u003eA book with a hole in it\u003c\/em\u003e is the 2020 Carolyn Bush Award recipient.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKamelya Omayma Youssef is the author of \u003cem\u003eA book with a hole in it\u003c\/em\u003e (Wendy's Subway, 2022), which won the Carolyn Bush Award and later earned an Arab American Book Award for Poetry. She is a text and performance worker who teaches, edits, performs, and organizes events in Detroit, NY, and elsewhere. Her work is published by 1080Press, \u003cem\u003eMizna\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSukoon\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Margins\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePoem-a-Day\u003c\/em\u003e and elsewhere. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePassage Series #5\u003cbr\u003eSoftcover, 176 pages, 5.12 x 7.8 inches\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 978-1-7359242-9-8\u003cbr\u003eDesign by Rissa Hochberger\u003cbr\u003ePrinted in Italy\u003cbr\u003eEdition of 1,000\u003cbr\u003eDecember 2022 (First Edition)\u003cbr\u003eSold out\u003cbr\u003eMarch 2025 (Second Edition)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wendy’s Subway","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52625997136192,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0723\/3663\/8272\/files\/A_book_with_a_hole_in_it_KOY.png?v=1782231707","url":"https:\/\/stormbookstore.com\/products\/a-book-with-a-hole-in-it-kamelya-omayma-youssef-1","provider":"STORM books \u0026 people","version":"1.0","type":"link"}