She holds an M.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin, where she is currently a doctoral candidate in composition and rhetoric. She lives in Madison, WI.
Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
Alex Lemon for selecting this book and to the National Poetry Series and Milkweed Editions for supporting its publication.
Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
With appreciation also for the institutions that have supported my development as a writer, particularly the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s MFA program and the University of Pittsburgh’s undergraduate Writing Program.
Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
He’s been trailing her all over town. She hears
him just behind her on the sidewalk
walking home.
Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
Days I wandered
through his many-chambered
heart and inside every empty room
I found a cabinet, locked. I didn’t need
the key.
Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
He had words that lived for years
beneath my skin.
Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
I am your twinned
and riven countryside.
Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
As you have said, better
to marry than to burn and I am no one’s wife.
Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted2 years ago
The long vowels say their names and I am the voice