{"product_id":"dispatches-from-the-land-of-philip-metres-9780472039999","title":"Dispatches from the Land of Erasure: Essays and Conversations","description":"Drawn from a decade of writing and conversations by Arab American poet and writer Philip Metres, \u003ci\u003eDispatches from the Land of Erasure\u003c\/i\u003e redefines the writer's role as a catalyst for justice and a resister of empire. Gathering together a wide range of writing and writers, particularly from Arab and Black diaspora, \u003ci\u003eDispatches \u003c\/i\u003ereports on what white imperial culture attempts to erase, while uplifting the voices and people who resist that erasure, offering a vision of a more just and peaceful world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With keen insight into the lived experience of Arab Americans and other historically marginalized communities, the book explores the struggle for a just peace through reading Palestinian Arab and Israeli Jewish writers of conscience who contend with the wall of silence around the issue of Palestine. Further, \u003ci\u003eDispatches \u003c\/i\u003eilluminates how to write a poetry of peace and justice, and how poetic activism and activist poets situate themselves in communities seeking change. Divided into four sections--Erasing the Erasures: Writing While Arab, The Poetics of Palestine, The Poetics of Justice, and The Poetics of Peacebuilding--\u003ci\u003eDispatches \u003c\/i\u003eweaves personal essays, cultural criticism, group chats, interviews, literary analysis, reviews, and roundtables that include luminaries like Mosab Abu Toha, Hayan Charara, Safia Elhillo, Sahar Khalifeh, Marwa Helal, Erika Meitner, Naomi Shihab Nye, Craig Santos Perez, and M. NourbeSe Philip. Together, the book models the crucial need for robust dialogue to overcome the echo chamber that limits the growth and reach of social movements and to dream of a future beyond the land of erasure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Metres\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472039997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472039999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/16\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Philip Metres","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46747786772735,"sku":"9780472039999","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_41f4407c-ed32-40a6-aa4c-48c6a861f14e.jpg?v=1743584732","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dispatches-from-the-land-of-philip-metres-9780472039999","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}