Redmond poet Lena Khalaf Tuffaha talks about winning a National Book award, Palestine, and more
The light touch of tea glasses. Jasmine vines. Cigarette kisses.
These are some of the images the Redmond-based poet, essayist, and translator Lena Khalaf Tuffaha conjures of Palestine in her most recent poetry collection, Something About Living.
Last month, the collection earned Tuffaha the National Book Award for poetry.
Through her poems, Tuffaha chronicles the legacy of violence and colonialism in Palestine’s history, while also bringing readers into a homeland that is rich with beauty, family connections, and vivid storytelling.
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- Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, author of Something About Living
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