Author: Naomi Shihab Nye
Publisher: BOA Editions
Published: 06/01/1998
Pages: 65
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.18w x 0.41d
ISBN: 9781880238639
Review Citation(s): Library Journal 04/01/1998 pg. 99
Publishers Weekly 04/27/1998 pg. 62
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/1998 pg. 930
About the Author
Naomi Shihab Nye, poet, essayist, anthologist, has been a recipient of writing fellowships from the Lannan Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation and the Witter Bynner Foundation/Library of Congress. Author of more than twenty volumes, her recent books include Mint Snowball and 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East which was selected as a National Book Award finalist in 2002. Her books of poems include Fuel (BOA Editions) and Red Suitcase (BOA). Nye's work has been featured on the PBS poetry specials NOW with Bill Moyers, The Language of Life with Bill Moyers and The United States of Poetry . She has read her work on National Public Radio's Prairie Home Companion. Poetry editor for The Texas Observer, Nye has worked for as a visiting writer in schools at all educational levels. She lives in San Antonio, Texas.
