{"product_id":"sleeping-in-the-courtyard-contemporary-kurdish-writers-in-diaspora-paperback","title":"Sleeping in the Courtyard: Contemporary Kurdish Writers in Diaspora - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHolly Mason Badra\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSleeping in the Courtyard\u003c\/i\u003e brings together historically isolated writers in community-and invites readers to join them around the table to share in their memories, secrets, tears, and joys. Featuring poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and graphic work by emerging and well-established writers, this collection shines a light on works by a diverse group of contemporary Kurdish women and nonbinary writers living in Kurdistan and in diaspora.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecognizing the complex web of physical and lingual displacement of the Kurdish people and celebrating the diverse tapestry of their stories, this collection presents work originally written in English and work translated from Kurdish dialects as well as from Arabic, Turkish, Persian, and Swedish. A few works in Kurdish dialects appear alongside their translations, both in recognition of the experience of linguicide and to push against oppressive attempts to strip away Kurdish language.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeveral works here explore the impact of the countless forms of militarized displacement, cultural destruction, and mass genocide that Kurds have endured. Other pieces illuminate Kurdish experiences of desire, friendship, empowerment, familial intricacies, and other topics spanning across universal human conditions. The writers in these pages take risks both in craft and content-and in some cases, just by daring to write and publish. What emerges in \u003ci\u003eSleeping in the Courtyard\u003c\/i\u003e is the antithesis of erasure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHolly Mason Badra is a Kurdish-American writer. Her poetry, essays, reviews, and interviews appear in \u003ci\u003eMeridian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Arkansas International\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCALYX\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCircumference\u003c\/i\u003e, Asymptote, and elsewhere. She is currently the associate director of Women and Gender Studies at George Mason University. She reads for \u003ci\u003ePoetry Daily\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 138\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.37 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 30, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984042262829,"sku":"9781682262733","price":29.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/b5U6bxaR0L9781682262733.webp?v=1776081566","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/sleeping-in-the-courtyard-contemporary-kurdish-writers-in-diaspora-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}