The Dance of the Fig Tree Lucy Mercer who never quite had the

who never quite had the chance to build a literary career to match her talents

He has witnessed his closest friend

Hannah Regel

essays and reviews have appeared internationally in numerous journals and anthologies

'in her woman treasure form

The Dance of the Fig Tree Lucy Mercer who never quite had theThree generations of women: Tta, the grandmother, Fadwa, the mother, and Emn, the daughter who captures the tenderness of her fore bearers. The poems in this collection recall and restore a family lineage broken by war, death and exile. This translation of the 2021 mile Nelligan Prize winning collection will attract readers interested in Middle Eastern literatures and those who value poetry written with the urgency of survival, memory, and longing.