A review by lwalla01
The Wild Fox of Yemen: Poems by Threa Almontaser

I feel like I can't actually give this book a rating, because I don't know enough. Collection does a lot of things all at once. There is previously untranslated work from other authors (and a blind author at that!), the mixing of language (Arabic & English), and the description of navigating two worlds. Both similar and dissimilar. I think that if I had a better grasp of Arabic, I would be able to more fully appreciate the poems. The author paints Yemen as a perfectly imperfect place, and does a wonderful job of showing the connection between two cultures. Of course, I liked the poem dealing with hair. I thought it was brilliant.

TW: sexual assault, arranged marriage, war, abuse, substance use