why an author writes to a guy holding a fish - Halaby, Laila
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WHY AN AUTHOR WRITES TO A GUY HOLDING A FISH is Laila Halaby's second poetry collection. This narrative poem series offers an honest, sensual, and often humorous account of the author's departure from her 20-year marriage to her Palestinian husband. Thrust into the American dating scene, Halaby seeks ideal love and authentic connections. As someone who has always felt like an "other" and has never dated a white man or an American, she navigates a landscape filled with misadventures, heartbreak, and misunderstandings. Throughout this journey, Halaby reevaluates her identity as a woman, a mother…mehr

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WHY AN AUTHOR WRITES TO A GUY HOLDING A FISH is Laila Halaby's second poetry collection. This narrative poem series offers an honest, sensual, and often humorous account of the author's departure from her 20-year marriage to her Palestinian husband. Thrust into the American dating scene, Halaby seeks ideal love and authentic connections. As someone who has always felt like an "other" and has never dated a white man or an American, she navigates a landscape filled with misadventures, heartbreak, and misunderstandings. Throughout this journey, Halaby reevaluates her identity as a woman, a mother raising sons, and a writer, learning to let go of labels and societal expectations. In doing so, she reconnects with her femininity and strength. In WHY AN AUTHOR WRITES TO A GUY HOLDING A FISH, Halaby effectively engages both male and female readers with her unique poetic voice.
Autorenporträt
Laila Halaby is an award-winning novelist and poet, born in Beirut, Lebanon, to a Jordanian father and an American mother. Fluent in four languages, she received a Fulbright scholarship to study folklore in Jordan. Her debut novel, West of the Jordan (2003), earned the esteemed PEN Beyond Margins Award, and she recently released her memoir, The Weight of Ghosts (2023). Halaby has two master's degrees: one in Near Eastern Languages and Culture from UCLA and another in Counseling from Loyola Marymount University. She serves as a counselor in psychosocial oncology at the University of Arizona and works with various communities and organizations to offer creative writing classes and other programs. www.lailahalaby.net.