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    Sunday Afternoon and Other Poems
    Sunday Afternoon and Other Poems
    Sunday Afternoon and Other Poems
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    Sunday Afternoon and Other Poems

    By Akram Najjar

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    In 1984, Akram wrote his first poem, having been drawn to poetry since his teens. He wrote several more and realized soon that many were focusing on internal emotional issues, particular to Akram. That gave him a jolt. He retracted by destroying most of the poems he had written. He also stopped reading poets whose only concern was internal rumblings. He concentrated on poets with universal, humanistic or philosophic concerns. Luckily, there are many of these poets. Since then, his poems, even though some are in the first person singular, always attempt to move out of the personal and the autobiographical.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGatekeeper Press
    Release dateJun 18, 2018
    ISBN9781642372540
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      Sunday Afternoon and Other Poems - Akram Najjar

      Sunday Afternoon and Other Poems

      Akram Najjar

      Sunday Afternoon and Other Poems

      by Akram Najjar

      POB 113-5623

      Beirut, Lebanon

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      E-Book ISBN: 9781642372540

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