These Trees, Those Leaves, This Flower, That Fruit: Poems

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Poems

By Hayan Charara

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These Trees, Those Leaves, This Flower, That Fruit is a thoughtful poetry collection by Hayan Charara that explores the complex question of what it means to be good—a good person, citizen, teacher, poet, or parent. With wry and ambitious verse, Charara takes aim at philosophers, academics, and hollow empathy, challenging readers to confront uncomfortable truths such as the legacies of violence embedded in sacred texts. The poems delve into everyday moral dilemmas and personal struggles, revealing a lively and reflective mind that invites us to live with 'fullness of heart' despite life's paradoxes.
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This collection will appeal to readers interested in contemporary poetry that thoughtfully interrogates ethical and social questions. Fans of poetry that blends personal reflection with philosophical inquiry, and those drawn to culturally rich, politically engaged verse will find Charara's work compelling.

"From Hayan Charara comes a candid new collection of poems, one that deconstructs the deceptively simple question of what it means to be good-a good person, a good citizen, a good teacher, a good poet, a good father"--

Major galley campaign, with galleys available for the sales force by request, major media, poetry media, Arab American media, booksellers and librarians; digital galleys available for download on Edelweiss Major media outreach, positioning this title as a major 2022 release by an Arab American poet Major bookstore campaign, with a focus on SIBA-affiliated bookstores and bookstores with strong world literature sales Cover reveal and preorder campaign in collaboration with Houston bookstore Newsletter promotion via the publisher to readers, sales, and academic lists of more than 30,000 contacts Advertising in Academy of American Poets, Mizna, and SIBA Major launch in Houston, with touring in Philadelphia, New York City, and Minneapolis

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Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award Finalist

A thoughtful new collection of poems, one that deconstructs the deceptively simple question of what it means to be good - a good person, a good citizen, a good teacher, a good poet, a good father.

With These Trees, Those Leaves, This Flower, That Fruit, Hayan Charara presents readers with a medley of ambitious analyses, written in characteristically wry verse. He takes philosophers to task, jousts with academics, and scrutinises hollow gestures of empathy, exposing the dangers of thinking ourselves "separate / from [our] thoughts and experiences." After all, "No work of love / will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart."

But how do we act on fullness of heart? How, knowing as we do that "genocide is inscribed in our earliest and holiest texts"?

Thoughtful but never preachy, Charara sits beside us, granting us access to life's countless unglamorous dilemmas: crushing a spider when we promised we wouldn't, nearing madness from a newborn's weeping, resenting our lovers for what happened in a dream. "Good poems demand to be written from inside the poet," we are reminded. And that is where we find ourselves here: inside a lively and ethical mind, entertained by Charara's good company even as goodness challenges us to do more.

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Publishers Weekly praises the collection for its honesty and grace in depicting Arab American experiences and intimate moments, noting how the poems balance biting insight with emotional resonance. Booklist highlights its themes of politics, philosophy, and American life, describing it as a powerful and impactful work that both honors and challenges poetic tradition. Shelf Awareness awarded a starred review, commending Charara's versatile style and his insistence on the value of questioning over answers. This collection is celebrated for its surprising, transgressive, and dazzling qualities.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781571315410

Publisher: Milkweed Editions

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 May 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Milkweed Editions

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 215.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 112

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Arts & Culture Hayan Charara Non-Fiction Poetry

About the Author

Hayan Charara is the author of These Trees, Those Leaves, This Flower, That Fruit. He is a poet, children’s book author, essayist, and editor. His other collections of poems include Something Sinister, The Sadness of Others, and The Alchemist’s Diary. His children’s book, The Three Lucys, received the New Voices Award Honor, and he edited Inclined to Speak, an anthology of contemporary Arab American poetry. With Fady Joudah, he is also a series editor of the Etel Adnan Poetry Prize. His honors include a literature fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Lucille Joy Prize in Poetry from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program, the John Clare Prize, and the Arab American Book Award. He lives in Houston.