{"product_id":"70000-lenna-jawdat-9781771684545","title":"70,000: Poems","description":"\u003cb\u003eA powerful act of remembrance and resistance, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e70,000\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e transforms cultural erasure into a living, breathing archive of grief, memory, and hope.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e70,000 \u003c\/i\u003eis a visceral and inventive collection of poetry rooted in the theft of 70,000 books from Palestinian homes and private libraries by Zionist forces before and during the Nakba of 1948. Of those books, most have vanished; just 6,000 remain, locked in the Israeli National Archives--unreachable by Palestinians. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn response to this loss of knowledge and memory, Lenna Jawdat began handwriting the numbers one to 70,000, willing herself to think of every number as a book. Trained as a trauma therapist, she documented the emotional and physical experience of this ritual, giving shape to the grief, rage, and reverence that emerged. This full color book unfolds in three interwoven threads: the numbers themselves, reflections on the writing process, and a personal and familial poetic narrative captured in both images and verse. Together, they form a fragmented but powerful archive--one that blends poetry, memoir, maps, documents, and collage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e70,000\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply embodied meditation on cultural erasure and the resilience of memory. What begins as a personal act of reckoning becomes a collective gesture of hope, resistance, and the radical possibility of healing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lenna Jawdat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1771684542\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771684545\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Central Avenue Poetry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs","brand":"Lenna Jawdat","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48154206109951,"sku":"9781771684545","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5ccbfad9-9ac6-4239-be3b-47d69a0e4e39.jpg?v=1770788607","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/70000-lenna-jawdat-9781771684545","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}