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Fuel
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Fuel Soft cover - 1998

by Nye, Naomi Shihab

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A collection of poems that find meaning in a world where we are "so tired of meaning nothing", "Fuel" covers topics ranging from the border families of southern Texas to small ferns and forgotten books to Jews and Palestinians in the Middle East.

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Rochester: BOA Editions, 1998. Soft cover. Fine. Fine in wrappers. Later printing. Inscribed and signed on the half-title page and signed on the title-page by Nye. Laid into this copy is the program for The Healy Lecture and Nye's presentation March 28, 2007.
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  • Title Fuel
  • Author Nye, Naomi Shihab
  • Binding Soft cover
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 65
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher BOA Editions, Rochester
  • Date 1998
  • Bookseller's Inventory # b23410
  • ISBN 9781880238639 / 1880238632
  • Weight 0.47 lbs (0.21 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.06 x 6.18 x 0.41 in (23.01 x 15.70 x 1.04 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical: Women's Interest
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97074819
  • Dewey Decimal Code 811.54

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Citations

  • Kirkus Reviews, 07/01/1998, Page 930
  • Library Journal, 04/01/1998, Page 99
  • Publishers Weekly, 04/27/1998, Page 62

About the author

Naomi Shihab Nye, poet, essayist, anthologist, has been a recipient of writing fellowships from the Lannan Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation and the Witter Bynner Foundation/Library of Congress. Author of more than twenty volumes, her recent books include Mint Snowball and 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East which was selected as a National Book Award finalist in 2002. Her books of poems include Fuel (BOA Editions) and Red Suitcase (BOA). Nye's work has been featured on the PBS poetry specials NOW with Bill Moyers, The Language of Life with Bill Moyers and The United States of Poetry . She has read her work on National Public Radio's Prairie Home Companion. Poetry editor for The Texas Observer, Nye has worked for as a visiting writer in schools at all educational levels. She lives in San Antonio, Texas.

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