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off the beaten shelf buy midwest shreds home about etsy shop posh page off the beaten shelf book blog tips to slay your reading goals ask a book nerd community support resources contact newsletter block this newsletter signup form needs a storage option edit the block and enter a storage location via the storage tab slay your tbr pile all day subscribe for tips to help you read more than ever email address subscribe i respect your privacy thank you a book blog for the reader who likes a literary sampler plate order my debut poetry collection we had mansions in the spirit of documentary poetics we had mansions is a luminous and unflinching debut by queer palestinian appalachian poet and journalist mandy shunnarah blending archival research with lived experience shunnarah composes poems that bear witness to the fractured geographies of diaspora the disinformation campaigns that erase palestinian humanity and the personal and collective grief that is carried across generations these poems trace an intricate web of inheritance the displacement of the nakba and the echoes of exile in alabama s bible belt religious trauma shaped by evangelical fundamentalism the contradictions of assimilation and the painful reconciliation of a family history marked by addiction silence and loss with fierce clarity and lyrical precision shunnarah interrogates how palestinians are depicted in western media and asserts a counter narrative rooted in truth emotion and unshakeable love for the homeland we had mansions resists reducing palestinians to mere symbols of suffering alongside poems of resistance and survival there are odes to joy desire and the domestic here the sacred is complex and the mythic is recast in the light of diaspora with every love poem also serving as a palestine poem with formal dexterity and unwavering moral vision shunnarah claims space for a voice that is too often erased transforming rage into testimony and tenderness into resistance this is a vital new collection from a poet of searing insight and an expansive heart praise we had mansions is a stunning collection that operates against erasure against mis naming and misrepresentation of a land a people or history each poem is its own beautiful reclamation teeming with touchable imagery and the rich interior of memory of lives that were full and remain full hanif abdurraqib there s always this year mandy shunnarah writes about and from the palestinian heart in all its brokenness expansiveness its glory its love for the world susan muaddi darraj behind you is the sea written with the urgency our present moment demands where the genocide in palestine is livestreamed on phone screens and abetted by the west where the dehumanization and erasure of an entire people is a playbook and not a war crime where the value of arab life is up for debate and famine is spun as strategy we had mansions reminds us why the truth matters as mandy shunnarah writes because they chose not to see they ll claim it must never have been there at all these poems carry the truth like a torch let us not look away ruth awad outside the joy we had mansions incisively explores the intersections of homeland and diaspora religion and cynicism and the body as resistance and self love in searing and stirring language shunnarah deconstructs the american dream and the implications of its failed promise and contradictions which continue to reverberate between their palestinian and white identities an incessant question drives this gorgeous collection how do we at once reckon with our yearning to belong our inheritance of privilege and our complicity in dispossession and erasure shunnarah invites readers on this powerful quest for truth and understanding sahar mustafah the beauty of your face mandy shunnarah s expansive docupoetics navigates through and around expectations of what writing diaspora especially palestinian diaspora should look like looking to the past to look forward with gutting punchlines we had mansions is a playful visionary critique of separation barriers their false borders an ode to community the body and the ability to love and be loved we had mansions is a wise irreverent and groundbreaking poetry debut lisa low crown for the girl inside buy my book midwest shreds skating through america s heartland order here check out my media kit midwest shreds skating through america s heartland mandy shunnarah out from belt publishing on july 16 2024 a guided tour of one of the midwest s most vibrant subcultures one diy ramp at a time the american midwest may not have a reputation as the nation s skating mecca but maybe it should in midwest shreds mandy shunnarah travels around the region for a deep dive into its skating culture detailing the activity s long storied history there and the large and diverse skating community that calls the midwest home today here you ll learn how skating has become a form of mutual aid in iowa follow hard core street skaters as they vie to become king of cleveland experience the transcendence of skating in a converted st louis cathedral meet the anarchists who ve built their own skate paradise cinder block by cinder block in southern ohio and encounter skaters from des moines madison chicago west lafayette detroit and other corners of the midwest with writing that revels in the crunching scrape of hard wheels the joy of nailing a trick for the first time and the grit required to fall and get back up again midwest shreds illuminates a small corner of midwest life and offers a portrait of the rich cultural history and diversity that makes the region what it is today newsletter block this newsletter signup form needs a storage option edit the block and enter a storage location via the storage tab want to know the 7 habits of highly effective power readers subscribe for tips on how to read 100 books a year email address subscribe thank you hire me guest blogger guidelines book review policy advertise privacy policy comment policy