Morning Lit: Portals After Alia Sabbagh Omar

An exploration of fatherhood that takes us beyond the quotidian to explore the ties that bind with a philosophical eye and a lyrical heart.In his most personal collection yet, Omar Sabbagh brings a concentrated gaze to bear on turbulent emotions. Crammed with symbolism, it is a work of maturity both emotional and poetic.Fiona SampsonOmar Sabbagh offers his readers deeply contemplative-and even more deeply felt-windows into the both the seemingly relentless tensions and nearly transcendent joys of family life. Morning Lit is a deep and sustained exploration of fatherhood, marriage and bereavement: of love and its shadow side, which is loss.

Sabbagh masterfully demonstrates the full range of his poetic voice and craftsmanship, choosing most often to approach profound tribulation and self-interrogation within precisely contained