{"product_id":"tea-in-heliopolis","title":"Tea in Heliopolis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The poems of Tea in Heliopolis form the story of a family, sometimes tragic, sometimes searingly beautiful, and always exotic, seen through the eyes of a painter. The trope of life, as moments flowing from the paintbrush wielded skillfully by a poet, allows Hedy Habra to capture details redolent of old masters, exquisite and visceral, and creates her remembered world with the wild imagination and color of a Van Gogh. Moving through life in Egypt, to Beirut, then to America, with a kind of post-Newtonian sense of everything happening simultaneously, the chronicle captures the bravery it takes to remember and yet experience a beauty transcendent to pain. This is a remarkable book of poetry.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-Diane Wakowski, author of Emerald Ice\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdditional Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHedy Habra's hospitable poems, lush with intricate landscapes of\u003cbr\u003erelating and remembering, are so rich they make me homesick. Here are worlds, both ancient and modern, spun and sung in shining\u003cbr\u003ewonder.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e--Naomi Shihab Nye\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTransfer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEgypt to Lebanon to the freshwater coastline of Michigan, Hedy\u003cbr\u003eHabra's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTea in Heliopolis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a collection full of ancestral gestures,\u003cbr\u003esensual imaginings, and songs turning unerringly into legend. Shapely,\u003cbr\u003etimeless lyrics that range from continent to continent, past to present...\u003cbr\u003eHabra has a knack of turning phrases that make us reconsider our own place\u003cbr\u003eon earth. And in a prodigious and moving poem like \"Raoucheh,\" she gives\u003cbr\u003evoice to a forcibly silenced people as only a true poet can. This is a\u003cbr\u003enecessary and rhapsodic book of poems.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e--Ravi Shankar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eInstrumentality\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTea in Heliopolis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an irresistible book, offering poems of exquisite charm and sensibility. Both cinematic and painterly, moving across vast swaths of ancient geography... With her wise and compassionate language she invites us to understand and share their lives. Cavafy and Adonis come to mind, but Habra is a poet uniquely herself. Led by her masterly pen we cannot help but respond to her invitation. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTea in Heliopolis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e takes you on a voyage richly textured with Old World mystery and New World urgency.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e--Pablo Medina\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCubop City Blues\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hedy Habra","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44220798205994,"sku":"9781935708766","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/0891\/6522\/files\/tea-in-heliopolis-1431272.jpg?v=1775063782","url":"https:\/\/thepoetryshop.com\/products\/tea-in-heliopolis","provider":"The Poetry Shop LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}