The Dance of the Fig Tree Lucy Mercer eventually we’ll hear each other…’

eventually we’ll hear each other…’

also made to resound

writing intimate yet arresting poetry of great emotional breadth

where he received the Edith Green Award in teaching in 1997

and newspapers played a vital role in shining light into some of its darker

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.