{"product_id":"the-good-arabs","title":"The Good Arabs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSwinging from post-explosion Beirut to a Parc-Extension balcony in summer, the verse and prose poems in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Good Arabs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ground the reader in place, language, and the body. Peeling and rinsing radishes. Dancing as a pre-teen to Nancy Ajram. Being drenched in stares on the city bus. The collection is an interlocking and rich offering of the speaker’s communities, geographical surroundings both expansive and precise, and family both biological and chosen. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Good Arabs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e gifts the reader with insight into cycles and repetition in ourselves and our broken nations. This genre-defying collection maps Arab and trans identity through the immensity of experience felt in one body, the sorrow of citizens let down by their countries, and the garbage crisis in Lebanon. Ultimately, it shows how we might love amid dismay, adore the pungent and the ugly, and exist in our multiplicity across spaces.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e[[[Specifications]]]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 17px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 17px;\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 17px;\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 17px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 17px;\"\u003ePages\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 17px;\"\u003e120\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eYear Published\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2021\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a writer living in Tio’tià:ke. Their work has appeared in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Best Canadian Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e2018 anthology,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGUTS\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ecarte blanche\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eShade Journal\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eArc Poetry Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. They were longlisted for the CBC Poetry Prize in 2019. Their book\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eknot body\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2020), published by Metatron Press, was shortlisted for the QWF Concordia University First Book Prize.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Good Arabs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2021), published by Metonymy Press, was the winner of the 2022 Grand Prix du livre de Montréal and received an Honorable Mention from the 2022 Arab American Book Awards for the George Ellenbogen Poetry Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1064\/2364\/files\/eli.jpg?v=1745509753\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Metonymy Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50868471628063,"sku":"9781999058890","price":19.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1064\/2364\/files\/ga.jpg?v=1745509720","url":"https:\/\/venusenvy.ca\/products\/the-good-arabs","provider":"Venus Envy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}