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Everything Comes Next: Collected & New Poems

Naomi Shihab Nye

Naomi Shihab Nye's collection brings together poems previously published for young people, selected poems from her adult books, and new work. It is arranged in three parts concerned with childhood, a contested homeland, and people as a shared homeland. Previously published essays also appear, including one about a teenage mishap and another about an encounter in an airport gate area. The writing draws on Nye's perspectives as an immigrant's child, Palestinian American, reader, friend, neighbor, activist, and citizen of the world, with connection linking small moments and broad concerns.

This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.

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Book details

Themes
Community · Cultural Heritage · Identity · Poetry · Writing And Storytelling
Format
Paperback
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
September 29, 2020
ISBN-13
9780063013469
Language
English
Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin–MadisonCCBC Choices
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