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A Wave in the Sea: Najwan Darwish on “Exhausted on the Cross”
Kareem James Abu-Zeid, left, and Najwan Darwish (photo credit: Veronique Vercheval)
Born in Jerusalem, Najwan Darwish published his first poetry collection in 2000. He has since become one of the foremost contemporary Arab poets, and one of the most powerful poetic voices to emerge from Palestine in the modern era. His first book to appear in English was
Nothing More to Lose (NYRB Poets, 2014), which was listed by NPR as one of the best books of the year. Now, with the publication of his second major collection in English,