O
O by Zeina Hashem Beck is a bilingual poetry collection published by Penguin on July 5, 2022. This edition spans 112 pages and presents a rich exploration of themes related to the physical, political, and sacred aspects of the body. Beck’s work is characterized by its elegant and candid style, reflecting a deep curiosity about the world while engaging with complex emotional landscapes.
Readers will find a diverse array of poetic forms in O, including lyrics, triptychs, and ghazals, as well as unique duets that intertwine English and Arabic. The collection delves into the intricacies of language, the concepts of home and exile, and poignant reflections on motherhood, memory, and faith. Through her distinctive voice, Beck invites readers to contemplate the multifaceted nature of existence and the interplay between the divine and the everyday.
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NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2022 BY LIT HUB AND THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
“O is so full of music and passion for life . . . Zeina Hashem Beck’s poems unfold the abundance of our world.” —Ilya Kaminsky, author of Deaf Republic
From a “brilliant, absolutely essential voice” whose “poems feel like whole worlds” (Naomi Shihab Nye), a poetry collection considering the body physical, the body politic, and the body sacred
Zeina Hashem Beck writes at the intersection of the divine and the profane, where she crafts elegant, candid poems that simultaneously exude a boundless curiosity and a deep knowingness. Formally electrifying—from lyrics and triptychs to ghazals and Zeina’s own duets, in which English and Arabic echo and contradict each other—O explores the limits of language, notions of home and exile, and stirring visions of motherhood, memory, and faith.
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