{"product_id":"where-will-i-find-america-a-book-of-poetry-paperback","title":"Where Will I Find America?: A Book of Poetry - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTamer Said Mostafa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"the martyr's homage is a stone's throw to \u0026amp; from the margins\u003cbr\u003estones are a homeland's oxymoron of mortar \u0026amp; mirrors\u003cbr\u003eeulogies are epics until they drip from a rope-strung tree \u0026amp; become lotuses\u003cbr\u003ethere is always an again \u0026amp; an again\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMostafa's debut is not simply a collection of poems. Rather, it serves as an exodus to discover belonging in a land that manifests hostility and exclusion. With confessional precision, \u003ci\u003eWhere Will I Find America? \u003c\/i\u003emournfully transports readers between California's Central Valley to the annals of Egypt, where tension and trauma provoke an interrogation of what it means to not just exist, but to transcend. For Mostafa, the humanity painted within the space of relationships, faith, and the natural world epitomizes how vital poetry is in inspiring us to reclaim ourselves from the world around us. Brace yourself. \u003ci\u003eWhere Will I Find America? \u003c\/i\u003eis the collection of poetry that reconciles so many opposing forces (peace vs. violence, hate vs. forgiveness, etc.) upon a path where you, the reader, will ultimately have to construct your own meaning. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eWhere Will I Find America?: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In the debut collection \u003ci\u003eWhere Will I Find America?\u003c\/i\u003e, Tamer Said Mostafa renders narratives of childhood to adulthood demanding an interrogation of what it means to be a person of \u003ci\u003eother\u003c\/i\u003e. From body image to intimacy, these poems beautifully weave inextricable culture and place. Islamic traditions provide the framework for extraordinary love of family as well as witnessing of self as each poem shelters the narrative bravely. We too want to see the past with eloquent bravery, knowing that its truth is not the same as what we imagine. This collection's lyrical and visual evocations do no harm in the telling about the harmed. Empathy and love counter the brutality of social order and familial dislocation. As Mostafa brings mind and body into these compassionate poems, he reveals a hopeful awakening.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Rhony Bhopla\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Tamer Said Mostafa's \u003ci\u003eWhere Will I Find America? \u003c\/i\u003eis not a search for the idyllic vision of this country. It is a reclamation of one's self within the American landscape, specifically the rural and exurban backdrops of California's Central Valley, the kind of place certain media pundits and politicians like to claim is the 'real America.' And in between the crabgrass and the conifers, the river deltas and the streets of Stockton, Mostafa claims his existence, his familial heritage and faith in a place that would never reflect it back to him. This book searches for the America that is, for its truth and its reckoning, and, as he says, \"Our America \/ Sophistic. Fallacy. Subconscious. \/ Smoke and millstones, \/ ever more our country.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Jason Bayani, author of \u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 126\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 10, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46194521997509,"sku":"9780972062602","price":28.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/sSNnkPHJgo9780972062602.webp?v=1778231071","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/where-will-i-find-america-a-book-of-poetry-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}