Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza Abu Toha Mosab

Finalist for the 2022 National Book Critics' Circle Award for Poetry!Winner of a 2022 Palestine Book Award "Written from his native Gaza, Abu Toha's accomplished debut contrasts scenes of political violence with natural beauty."--The New York TimesIn this poetry debut Mosab Abu Toha writes about his life under siege in Gaza, first as a child, and then as a young father. Like Gaza itself, they are filled with rubble and the ever-present menace of surveillance drones policing a people unwelcome in their own land, and they are also suffused with A survivor of four brutal military attacks, he bears witness to a grinding cycle of destruction and assault, and yet, his poetry is inspired by a profound humanity.These poems emerge directly from the experience of growing up and living in constant lockdown, and often under direct attack.