Consequential and searing ... While many will read Joudah’s text as an indictment of this moment, it is equally important to understand it as an articulation of a continuum of violence that long predates this moment ... Joudah grapples with the experiential and the relational, the layers of which exist well beyond the realm of language, which is perhaps one of the most compelling drivers of this book.
A stunning magnification of consciousness that undertakes the work suggested by the title: reembodying in the text—beautifully, painfully—what has been systematically removed ... The poems weave seamlessly, sometimes dizzyingly, from the vulnerable body to its ecological and historical context.
Exceptionally present, and unforgettable ... Both deeply personal and painfully open-ended. It’s indicative of Joudah’s poetic prowess that these poems are as immediate as the destruction still facing Palestinians as I write this, and also have a timeless nature.
