'Nothing More To Lose' Forges A Connection To Palestine

AMAL EL-MOHTAR   NPR

​I should warn you, perhaps, imaginary reader whose life differs so much from mine — whatever your views, politics, past experiences or lack of them — it will be impossible, by the time you have finished reading this collection, to escape a connection to Palestine.
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THE BODY PALESTINE: A REVIEW OF NAJWAN DARWISH’S NOTHING MORE TO LOSE

​ADAM DAY    KENYON REVIEW    

It’s hard to read Nothing More to Lose and not also think of the work of authors equally cogent in addressing the distorted and ambiguous reality of the administered world like Bulgakov, Genet, Kafka, Camus, Jakov Lind, Miguel Mihura, not to mention Fanon, all of whom wrote brilliantly in response to the oppression of individuals and groups and the suppression of socio-political freedoms. 
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The edgily modern poetry of Najwan Darwish

SARAH IRVING          The Electronic Intifada

One of Arabic literature’s biggest new stars ... This is a Palestinian voice which refuses to tailor itself to the desires of audiences who want to hear about steadfastness and valor.
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NOTHING MORE TO LOSE BY NAJWAN DARWISH

ERIC DEAN WILSON

Darwish stretches Rimbaud’s idea into ethnic identity. At various times, the speaker identifies as not only Palestinian but Kurd, Amazigh, Armenian, Arab, Sephardic Jew, Syrian, and Ancient Egyptian, to name a few, encompassing diaspora groups across ethnicities, religions, histories, and nationalities.
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Nothing More to Lose By Najwan Darwish

ISSA J. BOULLATA     World Literature Today

" Darwish’s poetry is a welcome change in poetic writing in Arabic "
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​Nothing More to Lose by Najwan Darwish (trans Kareem James Abu-Zeid)

INTELLECTUS SPECULATIVUS

​"Darwish has really given us poetry that reveals one person’s experience of  the Palestinian condition; Nothing More To Lose is a beautiful, painful  collection that should be given to everyone who wants to talk about the  Middle East before they say another word."
                                                                                                           
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nOTHING MORE TO LOSE

THE ROUND EARTH'S IMAGINED CORNERS

He writes honestly but unsentimentally. His writing shocks, but he is not writing to shock. He is writing to be true.
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