{"product_id":"tablets-secrets-of-the-clay-paperback","title":"Tablets: Secrets of the Clay - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDunya Mikhail\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A bullet \/ then a siren \/ then ruins \/ then a bird song telling the truth\"--Dunya Mikhail \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her marvelous new poetry collection \u003cem\u003eTablets: Secrets of the Clay\u003c\/em\u003e, Dunya Mikhail transforms the world's 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 it's my turn to offer them to you.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 03, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42726064947263,"sku":"9780811237970","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8bb9d2d1d4c1cc5e3d87d1de6b2c0cbd.webp?v=1765109101","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/tablets-secrets-of-the-clay-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}