Naomi Shihab Nye

Voices in the Air

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Acclaimed and award-winning poet, teacher, and National Book Award finalist Naomi Shihab Nye’s uncommon and unforgettable voice offers readers peace, humor, inspiration, and solace. This volume of almost one hundred original poems is a stunning and engaging tribute to the diverse voices past and present that comfort us, compel us, lead us, and give us hope.
Voices in the Air is a collection of almost one hundred original poems written by the award-winning poet Naomi Shihab Nye in honor of the artists, writers, poets, historical figures, ordinary people, and diverse luminaries from past and present who have inspired her. Full of words of encouragement, solace, and hope, this collection offers a message of peace and empathy.
Voices in the Air celebrates the inspirational people who strengthen and motivate us to create, to open our hearts, and to live rewarding and graceful lives. With short informational bios about the influential figures behind each poem, and a transcendent introduction by the poet, this is a collection to cherish, read again and again, and share with others. Includes an index.
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93 printed pages
Publication year
2018
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  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted4 years ago
    has been honored with a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Lannan Foundation Fellowship, a Witter Bynner Fellowship from the Library of Congress, the I.B. Lavan Award from the Academy of American Poets, and four Pushcart Prizes. Naomi Shihab Nye lives in San Antonio, Texas.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted4 years ago
    Her award-winning books include the National Book Award finalist 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems from the Middle East; the Jane Addams Award–winning picture book Sitti’s Secrets; and The Turtle of Oman, which was the recipient of the Arab American Book Award.
  • Menna Abu Zahrahas quoted4 years ago
    She has taught poetry and writing to students of all ages for the past forty years, both in the United States and around the world.

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