A Palestinian-American doctor treats big themes — war, death, religion — on an intimate scale.
Sample Verse
''Halimah's mother did not seem aware Halimah was dying./You should have
seen Halimah fight her airlessness/Tzwisting around for a comfortable
spot in the world.''
Bottom Line
Some poems in The Earth in the Attic read like reportage, but Fady Joudah's best work uses his gift for detail to achieve a clear-eyed lyricism. B+
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