{"product_id":"american-parables-daniel-khalastchi-9780299335748","title":"American Parables","description":"Daniel Khalastchi's third collection provides an uncompromising exploration into the political and societal disturbances facing America today. Electioneering, lack of affordable health care, the increase in mass shootings, and the continued fight for equal rights are juxtaposed against an unlikely sense of hope and optimism. Lurking behind each page is the ever-present issue of immigration, with specific focus on the escape of the author's father from Iraq and the pressures linked to living as an Arab Jew in the middle of the United States. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through unnerving gallows humor and radical honesty, these poems redefine the American experience by asking the reader to consider what it means to live in the shadow of a perceived sense of freedom and to have faith when believing feels hopeless. Khalastchi's perspective as an Iraqi Jewish American brings sharp focus to the holistic uncertainties of religion, politics, assimilation, illness, love, and loss--with absurd, visceral, and wry acclaim. I type into \u003cbr\u003e the internet your high schooland find rubble. Your daughter \u003cbr\u003e has the flu. We are sickwith disappointment but \u003cbr\u003e everyone is fine. \u003cbr\u003e --Excerpt from \"First Generation: Our Escape\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Khalastchi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0299335747\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299335748\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.40w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaniel Khalastchi is the author of \u003ci\u003eManoleria and Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e, and his poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Believer Logger\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eColorado Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Iowa Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Iowa City where he directs the University of Iowa's Magid Center for Undergraduate Writing; he is also the co-founder and managing editor of Rescue Press.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Daniel Khalastchi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44046235009279,"sku":"9780299335748","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_30921358-0889-44a0-a670-92385877e492.jpg?v=1684983411","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-parables-daniel-khalastchi-9780299335748","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}