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A review by readingwithcoffee
Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza by Mosab Abu Toha
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
I was able to get this ebook for free because #publishersforpalestine during #readpalestine week. Thank you to the Author, Mosab Abu Toha and Comma Press for participating.
This was a deeply moving collection, and the interview was very educational as well. I love seeing the author in communication with other poets and writers alive or dead (Audre Lorde, Edward Said for some examples) and just as likely to come up as his specific family members and friends with us or past. Thank you for sharing their stories and so beautifully. I also loved the photos of Gaza in color Especially as the poet wrote about questioning why he always imagines Palestine in black and white.
I read this also as a part of sharing things about Palestine during Bisan’s call for a global strike between Jan 21st and 28th 2024. I am confident this poet was held hostage by Israel during this recent siege even if he was eventually released and I encourage people to look it up and into it. Thank you again for these poems I loved them a lot.
This was a deeply moving collection, and the interview was very educational as well. I love seeing the author in communication with other poets and writers alive or dead (Audre Lorde, Edward Said for some examples) and just as likely to come up as his specific family members and friends with us or past. Thank you for sharing their stories and so beautifully. I also loved the photos of Gaza in color Especially as the poet wrote about questioning why he always imagines Palestine in black and white.
I read this also as a part of sharing things about Palestine during Bisan’s call for a global strike between Jan 21st and 28th 2024. I am confident this poet was held hostage by Israel during this recent siege even if he was eventually released and I encourage people to look it up and into it. Thank you again for these poems I loved them a lot.
Content Warnings
Moderate: War, Grief, Violence, Colonisation, Death, and Child death