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eventually we’ll hear each other…’
essays and reviews have appeared internationally in numerous journals and anthologies
who never quite had the chance to build a literary career to match her talents
writing intimate yet arresting poetry of great emotional breadth
Hannah Regel
The Dance of the Fig Tree Lucy Mercer eventually we’ll hear each other…’Three generations of women: Tta, the grandmother, Fadwa, the mother, and Emn, the daughter who captures the tenderness of her fore bearers. The poems in this collection recall and restore a family lineage broken by war, death and exile. This translation of the 2021 mile Nelligan Prize winning collection will attract readers interested in Middle Eastern literatures and those who value poetry written with the urgency of survival, memory, and longing.
