Djelloul Marbrook

Here, Bullet: High mark of human sensibility

(Here, Bullet, Brian Turner, Alice James Books, 2005 Beatrice Hawley Award, 71pp)
Anyone who knows anything about the history of Arabic, anyone who has savored the elegance and balletic athleticism of its script, is both reassured and exhilarated by the first poem of this daring book: reassured because the speaker is in awe of his subject, [...]

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