Something about Living Format:Paperback Middle child Wenna

Middle child Wenna

Written in the spirit of Hanif Abdurraqib and Olivia Laing

But neither side is prepared for a powerful third party that has apparently been an influential presence on Earth for thousands of years - and just might be making a reappearance very soon

A servant girl escapes from a colonial settlement in the wilderness

for the ripples of the Great War are still being felt

Something about Living Format:Paperback Middle child WennaWinner of the 2024 National Book Award for Poetry Winner of the 2022 Akron Poetry Prize It's nearly impossible to write poetry that holds the human desire for joy and the insistent agitations of protest at the same time, but Lena Khalaf Tuffaha's gorgeous and wide ranging new collection Something About Living does just that. Her poems interweave Palestine's historic suffering, the challenges of living in this world full of violence and ill will, and