The Earth in the Attic
eBook - PDF

The Earth in the Attic

  1. 96 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Earth in the Attic

About this book

Announcing the 2007 recipient of the prestigious Yale Younger Poets prize

Fady Joudah's The Earth in the Attic is the 2007 winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poets competition. In his poems Joudah explores big themes - identity, war, religion, what we hold in common - while never losing sight of the quotidian, the specific. Contest judge Louise Glück describes the poet in her Foreword as "that strange animal, the lyric poet in whom circumstance and profession... have compelled obsession with large social contexts and grave national dilemmas." She finds in his poetry an incantatory quality and concludes, "These are small poems, many of them, but the grandeur of conception is inescapable. The Earth in the Attic is varied, coherent, fierce, tender; impossible to put down, impossible to forget."

Fady Joudah is a Palestinian-American medical doctor and a field member of Doctors Without Borders since 2001. He lives in Houston, TX. He is also the translator of Mahmoud Darwish’s recent poetry The Butterfly's Burden.

Frequently asked questions

Yes, you can cancel anytime from the Subscription tab in your account settings on the Perlego website. Your subscription will stay active until the end of your current billing period. Learn how to cancel your subscription.
No, books cannot be downloaded as external files, such as PDFs, for use outside of Perlego. However, you can download books within the Perlego app for offline reading on mobile or tablet. Learn more here.
Perlego offers two plans: Essential and Complete
  • Essential is ideal for learners and professionals who enjoy exploring a wide range of subjects. Access the Essential Library with 800,000+ trusted titles and best-sellers across business, personal growth, and the humanities. Includes unlimited reading time and Standard Read Aloud voice.
  • Complete: Perfect for advanced learners and researchers needing full, unrestricted access. Unlock 1.4M+ books across hundreds of subjects, including academic and specialized titles. The Complete Plan also includes advanced features like Premium Read Aloud and Research Assistant.
Both plans are available with monthly, semester, or annual billing cycles.
We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 1000+ topics, we’ve got you covered! Learn more here.
Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more here.
Yes! You can use the Perlego app on both iOS or Android devices to read anytime, anywhere — even offline. Perfect for commutes or when you’re on the go.
Please note we cannot support devices running on iOS 13 and Android 7 or earlier. Learn more about using the app.
Yes, you can access The Earth in the Attic by Fady Joudah, Louise Glück in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Literature & Poetry. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Year
2008
eBook ISBN
9780300145168
Edition
1
Subtopic
Poetry

Table of contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. FOREWORD
  3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  4. I
  5. Atlas
  6. Pulse
  7. Proposal
  8. II
  9. Immigrant Song
  10. Mother Hair
  11. The Tea and Sage Poem
  12. The Way Back
  13. Sleeping Trees
  14. Resistance
  15. An Idea of Return
  16. Love Poem
  17. Travel Document
  18. III
  19. Landscape
  20. Scarecrow
  21. Anonymous Song
  22. The Name of the Place
  23. Surviving Caterpillars
  24. Morning Ritual
  25. Moon Grass Rain
  26. Along Came a Spider
  27. An American Spandrel
  28. The Onion Poem
  29. Ascension
  30. Night Travel
  31. Condolence
  32. Image
  33. Bird Banner
  34. American Gas Station
  35. At a Café
  36. Home
  37. Additional Notes on Tea
  38. NOTES