{"product_id":"la-syrena-banah-el-ghadbanah-9781950539444","title":"La Syrena: Visions of a Syrian Mermaid from Space","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Dzanc Diverse Voices Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLA SYRENA. For me home is in the water. When I go to the sea I want to swim forever and never look back. But I know I would die and the earth needs me on shore. My home is Syria and Syria for me is like the sea. I want nothing more than to jump in and swim around forever. In Syria I am declared wanted, like so many of us displaced lunar divas. The longing I feel is the deepest kind. It could crack the whole earth open. I am a Lumerian from Ancient Sumeria, a southern space creature in a northern world, LA SYRNENA, zhe is my destiny. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this collection, each poem flows like water on the page. The author weaves in stories و mantras و revolutionary messages و the movement of arabic letters و the memory of Sumerian cuneiform. This book is a hybrid creature between poem-story-form that crosses genres like it crosses dimensions. In this work, you are the mermaid. You are the forever migrant, a traveler between the oceanic and the extraterrestrial, across continents and planets. You are a time traveler, and you speak many languages. You are LA SYRENA, conjuring your own space to feel free.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Banah El Ghadbanah\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 195053944X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781950539444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dzanc Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/23\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Banah El Ghadbanah","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43944955412735,"sku":"9781950539444","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b4d75ea7-a977-423a-a048-723cc0e2e2aa.jpg?v=1681505938","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/la-syrena-banah-el-ghadbanah-9781950539444","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}