{"product_id":"tablets-secrets-of-the-clay-0811237974","title":"Tablets: Secrets of the Clay","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0811237974\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mikhail, Dunya\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gorgeous fusion of poetry and image by one of the foremost poets of our time (The Christian Science Monitor).A bullet \/ then a siren \/ then ruins \/ then a bird song telling the truth-Dunya MikhailIn her marvelous new poetry collection Tablets: Secrets of the Clay, Dunya Mikhail transforms the worlds first symbols-Sumerian glyphs that were carved onto clay tablets-into the matter of our everyday contemporary life. Each of the ten sections in her book is composed of twenty-four short poems, and each poem combines both text and drawing. In her note to the collection, Mikhail writes, I practiced at least two layers of translation in these tablets: the first from words in one language, Arabic, to another, English; and the second from words to images. What I received from my ancestors are offerings of the future rather than of the past. Now its my turn to offer them to you.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52158758355232,"sku":"NEW0811237974","price":18.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/61NMM7Y7TWL.jpg?v=1786084520","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/tablets-secrets-of-the-clay-0811237974","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}