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19 varieties of gazelle : poems of the Middle East / by Naomi Shihab Nye.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: [New York] : Greenwillow Books, c2002.Edition: 1st edDescription: xviii, 142 p. ; 19 cmISBN:
  • 0060097655
  • 0060097663 (lib. bdg.)
Other title:
  • Nineteen varieties of gazelle
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PS3564.Y44 A613 2002
Online resources:
Contents:
I: Different ways to pray -- My father and the figtree -- What kind of fool am I? -- Going to the spring -- Biography of an Armenian schoolgirl -- The words under the words -- Spark -- The man who makes brooms -- The garden of Abu Mahmoud -- Her way -- The clean rinse -- For Mohammed on the mountain -- Passing the refugee camp -- Lunch in Nablus City park -- Arabic coffee -- Red brocade -- Steps -- Prayer in my boot -- Thing's don't stop -- Even at war -- The grieving ring -- For the 500th dead Palestinian, Ibtisam Bozieh -- Those whom we do not know -- Visit -- The Palestinians have given up parties -- The small vases from Hebron -- Darling -- Fundamentalism -- My grandmother in the stars -- Rock -- Praying for wind -- Olive jar -- They dropped it -- II: 19 varieties of Gazelle -- Arabic -- Jerusalem -- Holy Land -- Half-and-half -- Stain -- My uncle's favorite coffee shop -- A definite shore -- Two countries -- The tray -- The many hats of William Yale -- What news are you listening to? -- Staying close -- Ducks -- The address book of a lonely man -- Footfall -- Trenches and moats and mounds of dirt -- What he said to his enemies -- Peace -- How long peace takes -- A single slice reveals them -- Stone house -- Jerusalem headlines 2000 -- Mr. Dajani, calling from Jericho -- All things not considered -- Blood.
Summary: Nineteen poems about the Middle East and about being an Arab American living in the United States.
List(s) this item appears in: Middle East Book Award
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Juvenile Collection Juvenile Collection Albright College Library Juvenile Fiction and Non-Fiction Children's collection J 811.54 N994n (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 31856002128690
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I: Different ways to pray -- My father and the figtree -- What kind of fool am I? -- Going to the spring -- Biography of an Armenian schoolgirl -- The words under the words -- Spark -- The man who makes brooms -- The garden of Abu Mahmoud -- Her way -- The clean rinse -- For Mohammed on the mountain -- Passing the refugee camp -- Lunch in Nablus City park -- Arabic coffee -- Red brocade -- Steps -- Prayer in my boot -- Thing's don't stop -- Even at war -- The grieving ring -- For the 500th dead Palestinian, Ibtisam Bozieh -- Those whom we do not know -- Visit -- The Palestinians have given up parties -- The small vases from Hebron -- Darling -- Fundamentalism -- My grandmother in the stars -- Rock -- Praying for wind -- Olive jar -- They dropped it -- II: 19 varieties of Gazelle -- Arabic -- Jerusalem -- Holy Land -- Half-and-half -- Stain -- My uncle's favorite coffee shop -- A definite shore -- Two countries -- The tray -- The many hats of William Yale -- What news are you listening to? -- Staying close -- Ducks -- The address book of a lonely man -- Footfall -- Trenches and moats and mounds of dirt -- What he said to his enemies -- Peace -- How long peace takes -- A single slice reveals them -- Stone house -- Jerusalem headlines 2000 -- Mr. Dajani, calling from Jericho -- All things not considered -- Blood.

Nineteen poems about the Middle East and about being an Arab American living in the United States.

Middle East book award, winner in literature category.

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